Ryan Routh represents himself in Trump’s assassination trial

Jury selection begins Monday in Fort Pierce, Florida Federal Trial Ryan Routh accused of conspiring to assassinate the president Donald Trump September 2024 at his West Palm Beach Golf Club.

The jury selection is expected to end on Wednesday.

Potential jurors are derived from voters Rolls-Royce and driver’s license records in the southern region Florida. They were sworn in and questioned, a process known as Voir Dire – determining whether they can be fair and just. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Southern Florida is leading the prosecution.

Both the prosecutor and Rolls representing themselves will directly challenge the jurors, an unusual dynamic that may make the lawsuit unpredictable.

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If the bias is obvious, both sides can challenge the jurors for “reason.” They also received limited mandatory strikes, where they could fire jurors without reason as long as they were not discriminatory.

one 12 jury, Add to the alternatives and will sit in the seat. Federal law requires a unanimous conviction to be convicted.

Routh is accused of attempting to assassinate a leading presidential candidate and assaulting federal officials and a series of Firearm violation. Federal prosecutors say those charges could be sentenced to life imprisonment if he is found guilty. He pleaded not guilty to all federal charges and individual state terrorism and attempted murder.

In this case, Trump is not the defendant.

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Ryan Wesley Routh held a rally in central Ukraine on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon approved Routh’s request to serve as his own attorney, although court-appointed attorneys will remain on standby when needed.

Federal public defenders representing Rolls seek Cannon’s scrutiny, citing her previous involvement in Trump’s involvement Classified file cases. Court documents show that the request was denied, with the cannon (selected randomly to the case) on the bench.

Prosecutors said Routh spent weeks planning the attack and even camped around Trump’s golf course with a rifle for 12 hours. Routh allegedly targeted him, a Secret Service agent found a weapon and fired, forcing Routh to drop his gun and run. Several months later, investigators said they found a letter to “Dear World” in which Ruth admitted that he failed to kill Trump. Court documents also claimed that a few weeks before his arrest in August 2024, Routh tried to obtain air defense weapons and hired someone to monitor Trump’s flights.

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Trump assassination suspect Ryan Routh was arrested for alleged attempt to assassinate a major presidential candidate, possessing a gun to facilitate violent crime, assaulting federal officials, possessing guns and ammunition, and possessing continuous numbers of guns in Palm Beach County, Florida. (Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)

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The open statement is scheduled to begin on September 11 and the trial is expected to last for two weeks.

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