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Trump assassination attempt suspect sentenced to life in prison

2026-02-05 08:48:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Trump assassination attempt suspect sentenced to life in prison

The perpetrator of the assassination attempt on US President Donald Trump has been sentenced to life in prison. Routh, 59, was found guilty last year of attempting to assassinate Trump in 2024, then still a presidential candidate, at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.

Routh's lawyer, Martin Ross, said they will appeal the case. After a jury found him guilty, Routh tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen before US officers quickly escorted him out of the courtroom.

While the perpetrator is not believed to have had a clear line of sight with Trump at any point during the incident, federal agents told jurors that they later found a semi-automatic rifle with a scope and an extended magazine at the location where he was hiding.

Additionally, jurors were told that Routh left behind a list of places Trump was likely to go, as well as a note to a friend describing the incident as "an assassination attempt."

The Florida incident was the second attempted assassination of Donald Trump in 2024, after a gunman opened fire at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July.

The shooting left one person dead and several injured, including Trump himself, who was hit in the ear by a bullet. The shooter, later identified as 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, was killed by officers at the scene. /CNA





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