Overview

• Attorneys began questioning three panels of 60 prospective jurors to seat 12 jurors and 12 alternates, with opening statements scheduled for Thursday.
• Ryan Routh has pleaded not guilty and is representing himself in federal court after declining a court-appointed lawyer.
• Charges include attempted murder, assault on a federal officer, and firearms violations, and he could face life in prison if convicted.
• According to the indictment, a Secret Service agent spotted Routh near Trump’s Palm Beach golf course, exchanged fire, and Routh fled before being arrested near a highway.
• Investigators recovered an SKS rifle with a scope and extended magazine, lists of Trump events, and a note referring to an assassination attempt; Routh also filed unusual pretrial motions, including a provocative golf challenge to Trump.