OAN Staff Avril Elfie
11:09am – Monday, September 30, 2024
A 58-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he plotted to assassinate President Donald Trump by camping out for 12 hours, waiting for him to come into view, and then pointing a firearm in the direction of a Secret Service agent. did. for all his charges.
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Ryan Wesley Routh on Monday pleaded not guilty to five charges, including attempted assassination, federal firearms charges and assault on a police officer.
Routh is charged with attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, assaulting a federal officer, possessing a firearm and ammunition, and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
“Yes, sir,” Routh said, as his lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
Initially, Routh was charged only with federal weapons charges. But a day after the release of a letter in which he openly talked about plotting to kill President Trump, Routh was finally found guilty of attempted assassination.
“This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump that failed,” the eerie letter read.
“We gave it our all, we gave it our all. It's up to you to finish the job. And we're offering $150,000 to anyone who can complete the job.”
His lawyers tried to argue that he may have written the letter to spotlight his “defense of democracy in Ukraine and Taiwan.”
A judge had ordered Routh to remain in jail until his final hearing.
Additionally, Judge Eileen Cannon was randomly selected to oversee the case. She also happens to be the judge who dismissed the former president's classified documents case, ruling that the process for appointing a special counsel was unconstitutional.
The 58-year-old, who committed the failed assassination, is expected to be arraigned on the charges at a court hearing next week.
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