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Ryan Routh Seeks to Dismiss Counsel as Trump Assassination Trial Nears

He has requested a sealed hearing to replace his appointed public defenders following a supplier plea in the rifle trafficking case.

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

  • In a July filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Routh asked to terminate his appointed counsel and hold the hearing in camera and under seal.
  • Routh is set to stand trial in September 2025 on federal attempted assassination and weapons charges alongside state first-degree murder and terrorism counts, with a potential life sentence.
  • Prosecutors highlighted a handwritten note in which Routh offered $150,000 for anyone to “finish the job” against Trump and maintained a list of the president’s expected schedules.
  • An alleged arms supplier in North Carolina pleaded guilty to trafficking the SKS rifle that Routh intended to use in the attempted attack.
  • The case is bifurcated between federal and Florida state courts, demonstrating coordinated efforts by the Department of Justice and state prosecutors.