(NewsNation) — Federal prosecutors continued introducing witnesses and evidence Wednesday in the trial of Ryan Routh, the 59-year-old accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump last year at the president’s West Palm Florida golf course.

During the fifth day of testimony, an acquaintance told jurors he sold Routh the rifle that allegedly was to be used in the killing. The witness said Routh claimed the weapon was for his son, who was being bullied, and that Routh came across as arrogant and threatening.

Federal prosecutors have sought to lay out the case that Routh spent weeks plotting to kill Trump before aiming a rifle through the shrubbery as Trump played golf on Sept. 15, 2024. Routh has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assa

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