FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Ryan Routh , the man charged in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump last year, rested his case on Monday after only a few hours of presenting his own defense and calling three witnesses.

In his hometown, Trump’s alleged would-be assassin acted like he was ‘above the law’

Neighbors in Greensboro say Ryan Routh, the man accused of pointing a rifle at the golf course where Donald Trump was playing, wasn’t someone they knew well. But he was well-known to law enforcement.

Federal prosecutors rested their case Friday after spending seven days presenting 38 witnesses who detailed what they say was Routh’s planned attack against the then-presidential candidate as he golfed at his West Palm Beach club on September 15, 2024. Routh has pleaded not guilty to all

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