[REDSTATE] The trial of would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh in the Southern District of Florida has flown a bit under the radar. The trial began on September 8 and has featured its fair share of oddness, given that Routh has opted to represent himself in the matter, though Judge Aileen Cannon ensured that standby defense counsel was a part of the proceedings as well.
Routh stood trial for the following charges:
Count I - Attempted Assassination of a Major Presidential Candidate
Count II - Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence
Count III - Assaulting a Federal Officer
Count IV - Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition
Count V - Possession of a Firearm With an Obliterated Serial Number
Count I, the most serious of the charges, is punishable by life in prison and required prosecutors to prove an intent to kill, and that the defendant took a "substantial step" towards committing the crime. Count II is also punishable by life in prison.
Routh wrapped up his defense on Monday, and closing arguments were held on Tuesday morning. After less than three hours of deliberation and a request to see some of the physical evidence, including the rifle in question, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on all charges.
After the verdict was read, Routh, 59, reportedly appeared to try to stab himself in the neck with a pen before four U.S. Marshals restrained him.
His daughter, Sara Routh, reportedly stood up and said:
"Don’t do anything. I will get you out. What the f---, f---, he didn’t hurt anybody. This is not fair. This is all rigged – you guys are a--holes." The jury was still in the room at the time.
The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The update comes after a nearly three-week trial. Prosecutors used the bulk of their closing arguments Tuesday to emphasize both the digital and forensic evidence presented at trial and what they described as Routh’s clear intent: to kill Trump.
They noted the 17 "reconnaissance" trips he allegedly made to Trump's golf course, and what they described as his excessive stalking of Trump, prior to the Sept. 15, 2024 incident in question.
"This was not a publicity stunt," Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Browne told the jury. "The evidence has shown one thing and one thing only — the defendant wanted Donald Trump dead."
There is "no doubt, no reasonable doubt, no doubt whatsoever that it was this man," Browne said, stopping to point to Routh, "who was hiding" in the sniper's nest for what they said was roughly 10 hours, beginning around 4 a.m.
Browne reminded jurors Tuesday that there were 19 rounds found in the magazine of the SKS rifle that was recovered at the scene, including one in the chamber.
A box delivered months earlier to Samuel and Lazaro Plata — brothers from North Carolina — contained pipes, bullets, wires, and a 12-page manifesto titled "Dear World." In it, Routh allegedly offered $150,000 to anyone willing to "complete the job." After a series of court rulings, prosecutors were permitted to introduce only the first three lines of the letter.
FBI digital evidence showed web searches, flight-tracking activity, texts about Trump’s rallies and plane movements, license-plate reader records of Routh’s vehicle (a black Nissan Xterra) and other surveillance tying him to Palm Beach County around the same time of the assassination attempt.
Law enforcement testimony described "sniper tradecraft" involving a hideout near the 6th hole on the golf course, steel plates for ballistic protection, concealment, fences used for support of weaponry and long-distance shooting lanes on the 6th and 7th holes.
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I heard he tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen. Does that mean we won’t be able to take pens on flights or will we need to check them?
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Remember, according to the leftists that support Socialism, Censorship, imprisonment for demanding DC be accountable and more. They call or label MAGA people as the Fascists.
Despite, the clear fact, The Liberal Socialist and Democrats (LSD's) are the ones that keep trying to eliminate Trump & MAGA.
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BTW:
Notice that the Liberal MSM organized Newsgroups, are using pretty much the same headline the last few days?
"Trump going after Political opponents"
Well, hold on a second.
They are the ones that violated the Constitution, Federal and State laws, and the civil right of MILLIONS of Voters. All in their Treasonous, Subversive COUP attempt.
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So with this FACT in evidence.
When will a Class action lawsuit be filed?
Will those that issued the Illegal Censorship Orders to U-Tube be brought to trial?
It was a Felony level Civil Rights & Liberties Violation?
[FoxNews] Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is slamming the Biden administration, especially former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, for leaving behind an "unprecedented backlog" of critical infrastructure safety improvements across the country.
A spokesperson for Buttigieg, who is a rumored 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, dismissed the DOT’s criticisms as "nonsense."
This week, Duffy announced that his department is obligating four grants, totaling $42 million, to improve safety on Florida’s Brightline high speed railway, which runs from Miami to Orlando. According to the department, the grants were announced and touted under Buttigieg’s leadership, but the Biden administration never actually delivered on obligating those funds.
The DOT said the Trump administration inherited a backlog of over 3,200 grants that were announced but never obligated by Buttigieg-Biden. The department said that this has "delayed critical investments in communities across the country."
In Florida, the oldest grant now being obligated by the Trump administration was first announced three years ago in 2022. The department said that "after much fanfare, their administration failed to do any of the work to actually process and deliver these funds to Brightline or project sponsors in Florida."
DOT said these unfulfilled grants were to help install safety fencing, grade crossing upgrades and a trespassing alert system. The grants included $24.9 million for a trespassing and intrusion mitigation project, $15.4 million for a Broward County sealed corridor project, $1.6 million for a trespassing identification and classification system and a $150,000 grant for Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to support overtime costs for enforcement of pedestrian trespassing at hot spots.
"Under Secretary Duffy’s direction, the Department of Transportation is working diligently to accelerate the distribution of these long-overdue funds and address core infrastructure projects," said DOT.
In the statement, Duffy called the unfulfilled safety grants "the latest consequence of the unprecedented Biden-Buttigieg backlog."
One of the defining moments of Buttigieg’s tenure as transportation secretary involved a major train wreck that released toxic materials in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023. While Buttigieg was criticized for his handling of the crisis, he placed the blame on the Trump administration for reversing a rail regulation because of a law passed by Congress in 2015.
"Their failure to execute on these rail grants – some of which stretch back years — put Brightline’s three million annual passengers and Florida communities in unnecessary danger," said Duffy. "Under President Trump’s leadership, America is building again. We are delivering critical resources in record time to enhance safety on our railways, roads, and bridges."
In response, Chris Meagher, a spokesman for Buttigieg, dismissed the DOT’s criticisms as "more of the same nonsense we've heard from them in the past."
"We invested in more projects than any administration in the past, and more than 22,000 projects were completed during Pete's time in office," Meagher told Fox News Digital.
He said that during Buttigieg’s tenure, the DOT announced more than $390 billion of funding for more than 78,000 projects, more than 22,000 of which were completed, including 445 rail projects, over 200,000 miles of roadway repairs and improvements, over 12,300 projects to build, repair and modernize bridges, and other projects.
He noted that "some of those projects take time to get done right."
"As with any change in Administration, it then becomes the job of the incoming Administration to finish the job, which is nothing new," said Meagher. "What is new is that the current officeholder complains about it instead of just getting the job done."
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Buttigieg was chosen for Transportation because he liked to watch Thomas the Tank Engine go choo choo . Let’s fix infrastructure now that he’s back to chestfeeding full time.
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If someone at the UN intentionally stopped the escalator as the President and First Lady were stepping on, they need to be fired and investigated immediately.
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Based on the last two weeks, the UN decided it would be a good time to provoke the Republican base. It reminds me of the meme of the 70’s dad watching his kid stick a fork into an electrical socket.
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