Man Gets Life in Prison for 2024 Trump Assassination Attempt (1)

The man who attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump while he was golfing in September 2024 was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty by a federal jury.

Ryan Wesley Routh was sentenced Wednesday by US District Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida, roughly four months after a jury convicted him on all five counts in his indictment, including firearms charges, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

Routh, 59, carried out the attack, which took place at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, weeks before the 2024 presidential election. It was the second attempt on Trump’s ...