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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/24/ryan-routh-aileen-cannon-charged-00180836
The federal judge who presided over — and threw out — the criminal classified documents case the Justice Department brought against Donald Trump is now set to oversee the case into the latest apparent assassination attempt against the former president.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon — a Trump appointee — was randomly assigned the attempted assassination case Tuesday after a grand jury in Miami returned a five-count indictment against Ryan Routh in connection with the Sept. 15 incident at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.
The indictment charges Routh with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime and assault on a federal officer, as well as two charges he already faced: being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
According to prosecutors and police, a Secret Service agent opened fire on Routh after spotting a rifle barrel poking through a fence surrounding the golf course as Trump was about a hole away. Routh, who authorities say did not fire, was arrested by sheriff’s deputies in an adjoining county a short time later.
The lead charge the Justice Department filed against Routh Tuesday was brought under a federal statute that makes it a crime to attempt to kill a major-party presidential candidate. The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison if he’s convicted.
Routh was held in detention Monday following a bond hearing that revealed he’d written about his intentions to assassinate Trump and offered $150,000 to anyone who’d be successful at killing the former president.
Cannon, whose chambers are in Fort Pierce, Florida, was assigned the case through a random draw among about 10 federal judges who regularly take cases arising in the Palm Beach area.
The federal judge who presided over — and threw out — the criminal classified documents case the Justice Department brought against Donald Trump is now set to oversee the case into the latest apparent assassination attempt against the former president.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon — a Trump appointee — was randomly assigned the attempted assassination case Tuesday after a grand jury in Miami returned a five-count indictment against Ryan Routh in connection with the Sept. 15 incident at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.
The indictment charges Routh with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime and assault on a federal officer, as well as two charges he already faced: being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
According to prosecutors and police, a Secret Service agent opened fire on Routh after spotting a rifle barrel poking through a fence surrounding the golf course as Trump was about a hole away. Routh, who authorities say did not fire, was arrested by sheriff’s deputies in an adjoining county a short time later.
The lead charge the Justice Department filed against Routh Tuesday was brought under a federal statute that makes it a crime to attempt to kill a major-party presidential candidate. The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison if he’s convicted.
Routh was held in detention Monday following a bond hearing that revealed he’d written about his intentions to assassinate Trump and offered $150,000 to anyone who’d be successful at killing the former president.
Cannon, whose chambers are in Fort Pierce, Florida, was assigned the case through a random draw among about 10 federal judges who regularly take cases arising in the Palm Beach area.
