An American jury has declared guilty on Tuesday for murder attempt to Ryan Routh, the man tried to shoot the now president of the United States, Donald Trump, in his West Palm Beach golf course, in the state of Florida.
Routh, who has tried to stab on the neck with a pen after listening to the verdict, has also been convicted of assaulting an agent and by three other charges related to firearms. He now faces a possible life imprisonment.
The 59 -year -old man, resident of Hawaii, declared himself innocent of all charges and did not have legal representative during the trial. The jury has been deliberating its decision about three hours, as stated in the NBC News chain.
“Today’s guilt verdict against Ryan Routh, Trump’s alleged murderer, illustrates the commitment of the Department of Justice to punish those who participate in political violence,” said the attorney general, Pam Bondi, in a statement.
In this regard, he said that the murder attempt was not only an attack against Trump, “but an affront” to the nation. Bondi has also transferred his thanks to the entire team that has participated in the trial and the security forces that protected the then republican presidential candidate.
Trump has pointed out that the verdict represents a “crucial moment for justice in the United States.” “He was an evil man with bad intentions,” he said in a message posted in Truth Social in which he has congratulated Bondi and the Department of Justice for the trial, which “has been carried out with meticulousness.”
The district judge Aileen Cannon, appointed by Trump, has been in charge of the case. The tycoon was playing golf when a secret service agent who carried out a perimeter security control saw the suspect’s face and the barrel of a rifle that pointed directly. After shooting several times with his regulatory weapon, he communicated the threat to his superiors.
The US security forces stopped the Routh vehicle 45 minutes away after the place was seen and was seen by witnesses. The researchers found a rifle loaded with eleven bullets, a digital camera and armored plates capable of resisting firearms gunfire.
The event occurred after Trump survived another murder attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, a town located in Pennsylvania in which he was injured in the ear, although the attacker died shot by the security forces.
