Overview

• A federal jury in Fort Pierce found the 59-year-old guilty on all counts, including attempted murder of a presidential candidate, exposing him to a possible life sentence.
• Moments after the verdict, Routh tried to stab his neck with a pen or pencil in the courtroom before officers restrained him.
• Prosecutors linked him to an SKS rifle recovered near Trump’s West Palm Beach course through a fingerprint on the scope, DNA on multiple items and a loaded magazine.
• The government presented bank records, messages, surveillance footage and 38 witnesses, and cited about 17 scouting trips before the Sept. 15, 2024 incident in which a Secret Service agent fired and Routh fled before arrest; Trump was unharmed.
• Routh represented himself, pleaded not guilty and denied intent to kill or firing a shot, while the Justice Department publicly praised the verdict as a stand against political violence.