Ryan Routh, the madman who holed up in a sniper’s nest with an assault rifle at one of President Trump’s golf courses, was convicted Tuesday of trying to assassinate the then-GOP nominee.

The jurors took about two hours to find Routh, 59, guilty of five federal charges of attempted assassination, assault on a federal officer and gun crimes following a two week trial in Fort Pierce, Fla. court.

He will face up to life in prison at his sentencing. 3

Routh — a construction worker, with no formal legal training — represented himself, putting on an amateur and bizarre defense in which he suggested the case should be settled by a golf match to the death.

He suggested that he and Trump face off on the green, and if Trump won, the president could execute Routh. If Routh won, he proposed,

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