Overview
- An unsealed motion shows Ryan Routh inviting President Trump to physically assault him in court, writing that it would be "just good fun."
- Routh told the court the president could ask him any questions he wanted and repeated the invitation to be punched "as many times" as desired.
- The filings include attempted subpoenas to unrelated figures, including Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil, to testify about alleged erosions of free speech and democracy.
- Routh advanced unverified allegations about plans to invoke the Insurrection Act and martial law, and sought input from Professor Jason Stanley on constitutional questions.
- Routh is already convicted on five federal counts tied to the Trump assassination attempt, and he tried to stab himself with a pen after his Sept. 23 sentencing before marshals restrained him.