Trump assassination plotter to be sentenced in Florida; prosecutors seek life term

Ryan Routh, who plotted to kill Donald Trump from a sniper’s nest near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course in 2024, was convicted on five counts and is due for sentencing Wednesday before Judge Aileen Cannon. Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence with a terrorism enhancement, while his defense plans to challenge it. Evidence at trial included burner phones, a Soviet-style rifle near the sixth hole, getaway plans, and a handwritten confession offering money to complete the act; he was stopped after attempting to shoot him when a Secret Service agent intervened.