The U.S. Department of Justice is requesting a life sentence for a man found guilty of attempting to kill President Donald Trump, according to newly filed court documents Friday.
A jury found Ryan Routh, who in September 2024 hid in a tree line with a semiautomatic rifle at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, guilty on all five of his charges after about two hours of deliberations on Sept. 23, 2025. The DOJ said in its latest filing that the man’s crimes “undeniably warrant a life sentence.”
After hearing his guilty verdict in a Florida courtroom last fall, Routh attempted to stab himself with a pen….
DOJ Seeks Life Sentence for Trump’s Would-Be Assassin
