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The trial of the man who attempted to assassinate President Trump is now over.
On Wednesday afternoon, Ryan Routh, the man who was convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump, was given a life sentence.
Routh was previously convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump in 2024.
Axios reported further details on the judge’s ruling:
Ryan Routh, the man found guilty of trying to assassinate President Trump at his Florida golf course ahead of the 2024 election, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, according to multiple reports.
Routh’s attempt on Trump’s life — the second in the span of months — was a part of a series of high-profile incidents of political violence that rocked the country.
Prosecutors asked U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon for a life sentence.
“Routh’s crimes undeniably warrant a life sentence—he took steps over the course of months to assassinate a major Presidential candidate, demonstrated the will to kill anybody in the way, and has since expressed neither regret nor remorse to his victims,” the government argued.
Catch up quick: A jury convicted Routh last September, roughly a year after a Secret Service agent spotted him pointing a gun through the tree line at one of the president’s golf courses.Prosecutors said he “plotted painstakingly” to kill Trump but was thwarted by an agent who noticed him before he could fire a shot.
At trial, they cited Routh’s lengthy travel to South Florida, research about Trump’s whereabouts and a handwritten letter that stated “this was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump,” among other evidence.
Fox News broke the story:
BREAKING: Wannabe Trump assassin Ryan Routh has officially been sentenced to LIFE IN PRISON
Enjoying rotting in solitary, scumbag.
Trump is your President, and you’ll spend the rest of your miserable life in a cage. pic.twitter.com/S06PQqfNUJ
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 4, 2026
Last year, when Routh was found guilty, ABC News reported Routh attempted to stab himself in the neck:
Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump on Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course last year, was found guilty Tuesday on all five counts he faced.
He was forcibly removed from the courtroom in a chaotic scene following the reading of the verdict after he tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen.
A source said the pen Routh had access to is specially designed not to injure, so it only left bruises or marks on his neck and he was not injured.
Friend of Ryan Routh who testified in his defense says Routh did what he ‘thought was right’
Four armed marshals surrounded Routh, who appeared to stand once the jury left the courtroom. Routh was then walked out of the courtroom.Sara Routh, his daughter seated in the courtroom, shouted, “Dad, I love you. Don’t do anything. I will get you out.”