Overview

• Routh was convicted by a federal jury of five charges, including attempted murder of a major presidential candidate, using a firearm to commit a violent crime, and assaulting a Secret Service agent.
• Moments after the verdict, he tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen in the courtroom but was stopped by authorities, according to reports.
• Prosecutors said he acquired a military-style rifle with a scope, surveilled the course, and used multiple burner phones as part of a planned sniper-style attack.
• The case stems from a September 15, 2024 incident at Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach, where an agent spotted a rifle barrel protruding from vegetation and Routh was arrested shortly after fleeing.
• Routh represented himself at trial and was found guilty after roughly two and a half hours of jury deliberation, with the case renewing scrutiny of Secret Service protective protocols.