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Tries to stab himself in neck with pen after guilty verdict

A jury has convicted Ryan Wesley Routh of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump when the commander-in-chief was running for office last year.

The United States Department of Justice announced Tuesday afternoon that Routh, a 59-year-old resident of Hawaii, was found guilty by a jury on the charges of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer, felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

Routh could spend the rest of his life in prison.

“Today’s guilty verdict against would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh illustrates the Department of Ju

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