After being found guilty of attempting to assassinate President Trump, Ryan Routh has been sentenced to life in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon gave the prosecution the sentence they asked for. Prosecutors argued, “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 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.