(The Center Square) – Disjointed from the outset and showing no signs of change, justice in the case of Ryan Routh and Donald Trump proceeded through the first day of the defendant’s trial in a Florida courtroom Thursday.

Routh, native of Greensboro and past resident in Hawaii, was stopped early in his opening statement by Judge Aileen Cannon and later got a rookie lesson on why attorneys know the answers to questions before answered. John Shipley, assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting for the Department of Justice, in his opening said a “carefully crafted and deadly serious” plan by Routh was going to take away a choice of voters by killing the Republican nominee for president.

Trump, a Republican, went on to win his second term by carrying seven battleground states 93-0 in electoral coll

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