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Jury Convicts Man of Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump and Assault of a Federal Law Enforcement Officer

09/23/2025 08:00 AM EDT

A federal jury today convicted Ryan Wesley Routh, 59, of Hawaii, for attempting to assassinate President Donald J. Trump when he was a major presidential candidate in a sniper attack at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. 

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