Overview

• Jury selection is scheduled to begin Sept. 8 in Fort Pierce, with three days of questioning before opening statements on Thursday.
• Prosecutors plan to present the recovered rifle, photos linking Routh to the same model weapon, extensive internet-search records, and a portion of his “Dear World” letter cleared for use.
• Routh faces five federal counts, including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, and he has pleaded not guilty.
• Authorities say Secret Service agents saw a rifle muzzle protruding through shrubbery at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course, fired, and the suspect fled, leaving the weapon and bags before he was stopped on I-95.
• The court has reserved four weeks for the trial, the government lists dozens of law enforcement witnesses, and separate Florida terrorism and attempted murder charges remain pending.