Wannabe Trump Assassin Is Going to Spend a LONG TIME Behind Bars

Matt Vespa / Townhall Tipsheet

 

The legal proceedings concerning the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump have concluded. Ryan Routh has been apprehended, formally charged, tried, and subsequently convicted of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump in September 2024. He is expected to spend his remaining life in incarceration, plus an additional 84 months, as reported by The Palm Beach Post:

 

"U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon sentenced Donald Trump's would-be assassin to life in prison on Feb. 4, rejecting his bid for leniency. 

Ryan Routh's attorney had suggested a 27-year sentence would be punishment enough for the failed plot to kill Trump, a crime he said hurt no one. Federal prosecutors disagreed, noting that of the many legitimate ways to oppose a presidential candidate, murder is not one of them. 

Cannon's decision comes four months after jurors convicted Routh of attempted assassination, assaulting a federal officer and several firearms offenses. The first charge alone carried a potential life sentence. Read more, see X, and video.