Shackled and dressed in khaki prison garb at a hearing in West Palm Beach, Fla., Routh also requested a jury trial. He faces four other charges, such as possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
This image taken from a video shows Ryan Routh speaking during an interview at a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 27, 2022. Routh is accused of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach, Fla., golf course on Sept. 15.At an arraignment hearing in federal court in West Palm Beach, Fla., Ryan Routh pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump.
Shackled and dressed in khaki prison garb, Routh said, “Yes, your honor” when Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart asked if he understood the charges. Routh's attorney, assistant federal public defender Kristy Militello told the judge her client was pleading not guilty and requested a jury trial.: possessing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, assaulting a federal officer, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and the obliteration of a gun’s serial number.
At a hearing last week, Routh’s lawyer, Militello said other statements in the letter and her client’s inept efforts, including using electrical tape to attach a scope to his SKS-style rifle, “seems to show multiple times an intent to fail.” She called it “perhaps more of a publicity stunt than anything.”
The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed to the bench during the Trump administration. She is the same judge overseeing the former President’s Mar-a-Lago classified documents trial brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith. Cannon dismissed the case — following several rulings where she’s received widespread criticism. The special counsel has appealed her decision.
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