US EditionDOJ seeks life sentence for convicted would-be Trump assassin
The Department of Justice argues Ryan Routh’s attempted assassination of former President Trump warrants life imprisonment, citing the severity of his crimes.
- The Department of Justice filed a sentencing memorandum Friday asking Judge Aileen Cannon to sentence Ryan Routh to life in prison.
- A jury found Ryan Routh guilty after a multiweek trial on charges tied to an attempted assassination at President Donald Trump's golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
- Prosecutors say Ryan Routh, defendant, hid in a tree line with a semiautomatic rifle at Trump's golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, and was arrested on suspicion of the attempt.
- The Justice Department argued Ryan Routh's crimes `undeniably warrant a life sentence` and set sentencing proceedings before Judge Aileen Cannon, federal judge, following a memorandum filed Friday.
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As the date for hearing the defendant's sentence of attempting to shoot Donald Trump approaches, prosecutors demand that he be sentenced to life imprisonment
Several court documents filed on Friday revealed that the Department of Justice called for a life sentence for Ryan Routh, who is the man found guilty of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump while playing golf in South Florida in 2024. The 59-year-old man was found guilty last year of the five charges he faced, following a trial in which he decided to represent himself. In the documents, federal prosecutors held that Routh deserves t…
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abc NewsProsecutors seek life sentence for would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh
Would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh deserves a life sentence after he "plotted painstakingly" to kill Donald Trump in 2024, prosecutors argued in a sentencing memo Friday.
DOJ Seeks Life Sentence for Trump’s Would-Be Assassin
The U.S. Department of Justice is requesting a life sentence for a man found guilty of attempting to kill President Donald Trump, according to newly filed court documents Friday. A jury found Ryan Routh, who in September 2024 hid in a tree line with a semiautomatic rifle at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, guilty on all five of his charges after about two hours of deliberations on Sept. 23, 2025. The DOJ said in its latest filing t…
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