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Routh Seeks Self-Representation as Weapon Suppliers Plead Guilty

A hearing before Judge Aileen Cannon will consider his bid to fire court-appointed lawyers after two defendants admitted guilt in supplying the SKS rifle used in his attempted assassination plot.

Ryan Wesley Routh is seen speaking during an interview at a rally to urge foreign leaders and international organizations to help provide humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians and Ukrainian servicemen from Mariupol in central Kyiv on April 27, 2022,
Crime scene tape marks off an area where Secret Service discovered an alleged would-be assassin of Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club on Sept. 17, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Overview

  • Two North Carolina defendants, Tina Brown Cooper and Ronnie Jay Oxendine, have pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges for selling a Chinese-made SKS rifle to Ryan Routh
  • Justice Department filings state Routh paid Oxendine $350 for the rifle and $100 to Cooper, who arranged the sale through a roofing company in Greensboro Routh remains detained on charges including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate and unlawful firearm possession stemming from the September 15, 2024 golf course incident
  • He has filed a motion to dismiss his court-appointed federal public defenders and represent himself in proceedings overseen by Judge Aileen Cannon
  • Routh’s federal trial is scheduled to begin on September 8, 2025, and carries a potential life sentence if he is convicted