Routh, 58, sat quietly throughout Wednesday’s hearing, shackled in the same seat Trump occupied during pretrial hearings in his case. Routh, a Hawaii resident, has pleaded not guilty.
(FORT PIERCE, FL) — Attorneys for Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in September, asked a federal judge on Wednesday (Dec. 11, 2024) to delay his trial until next December, saying they need more time to review the evidence against him and decide whether to mount an insanity defense. Prosecutors agreed that the current scheduled start of February is unrealistic, but said a one-year delay is too long.
The Defense told District Judge Aileen Cannon they need to review the massive amounts of phone and computer evidence the FBI has retrieved. Routh owned 17 cellphones and numerous other electronic devices, plus there are hundreds of hours of police body camera and surveillance videos. Routh is accused of lying in wait with a rifle in the shrubbery outside Trump’s West Palm Beach, Florida golf course in September
Routh, 58, sat quietly throughout Wednesday’s hearing, shackled in the same seat Trump occupied during pretrial hearings in his case. Routh, a Hawaii resident, has pleaded not guilty.
Federal Judge Aileen Cannon says she will rule on a request to delay the trial for the attempted Trump assassin in the “not so distant future.”
