US President congratulated Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Justice Department officials for guaranteeing the conviction: ‘Bad man with evil intention’
A jury of the declared guilty on Tuesday (23), of all the accusations, the accused of trying to murder in September 2024 in a golf course in . Trump congratulated United States Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Justice Department officials for guaranteeing the conviction. “This was an evil man with an evil intention, and they caught him,” wrote the US representative on his social network Truth. Bondi, in turn, said in a statement that this “attempted murder was not just an attack on our president, but an affront to our own nation.”
She added that the verdict of culpability “illustrates the Justice Department’s commitment to punish those who engage in political violence.” Ryan Reth, 59, was convicted of attempted murder of the then Republican presidential candidate, aggression to a federal officer and firearm crimes following a 12 -day trial. Routing faces the possibility of perpetual arrest, will know his sentence on December 18.
After reading the verdict in a Florida Federal Court, Routh tried to nail a pen around his neck, but the guards intervened to prevent, reported US media. The attempted murder against Trump took place on September 15, 2024, while he played golf in Palm Beach, two months after the Republican was injured in a ear for a shot during a campaign rally on Pennsylvania.
Born in Hawaii, Rout was arrested after a secret service agent saw the pipe of a rifle coming out of shrubs on the perimeter of West Palm Beach’s golf course, where Trump was playing. The agent opened fire. Ruth fled in a vehicle, but was arrested shortly after. Authorities recovered at the time an AK style rifle with telescopic aim and an extra ammunition charger.
During the trial, in which Ruth defended himself alone, a witness stated that the accused left a box in his residence that included a handwritten letter that said, “Dear world. This was an attempted murder of Donald Trump, but I am very sorry to have failed with you.” Ruth has an obsession with the invasion of Ukraine through Russia and, according to reports, traveled to Kiev in an attempt to join groups of foreign volunteers before being rejected due to age and lack of experience.
*With information from AFP
