Federal prosecutors have requested an indefinite delay in scheduling the trial of Ryan Routh whose plan to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump as he was playing golf was thwarted by the Secret Service.
The 58-year-old was apprehended while fleeing Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida last month after an eagle-eyed agent spotted his gun barrel protruding from a fence as he laid in wait for the GOP nominee, looking to kill him on the fairway of his own golf course and capture the murder on video.
In a Wednesday court filing, prosecutors asked Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon to designate the would-be assassin’s case as “complex” citing the large amount of evidence that has been gathered since the September 15 incident, the second attempt on Trump’s life in less than two months.
Prosecutors ask Judge Cannon to slow the Routh case down and designate it as a “complex case” due to the “voluminous discovery” and the “still ongoing” status of the investigation. Defense counsel does not object.https://t.co/aFuKC62PhS https://t.co/ecVTKEjFBa pic.twitter.com/l6rW7ce1kl
— Just Human (@realjusthuman) October 2, 2024
“The government has worked diligently since September 15 to investigate the incident. Over the past two weeks, the United States has interviewed hundreds of witnesses,” the filing read. “It has also executed 13 search warrants in Florida, Hawaii, and North Carolina, and seized hundreds of items of evidence, including multiple electronic devices.”
The feds are claiming that they are waiting on over 100 outstanding subpoena returns and have “thousands of videos to review” from seized electronic devices.
“All videos, still images, text files, and audio files constitute approximately 4,000 terabytes (4 million gigabytes) of digital review to complete,” according to the filing.
Routh appeared in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday where his attorneys pleaded not guilty to five counts including the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate.
Judge Cannon set a trial date for the second half of November, a delay would push any coverage of a story that Democrats and their media accomplices badly want to disappear until after the election.
Thanks to the work of the Secret Service, Routh never came close to getting off a shot at the former president like the first would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks did after a series of inexplicable agency failures allowed the young sniper to gain access to a rooftop about 150 yards from the stage at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. He came within an inch or so of succeeding, with one bullet grazing Trump’s ear.
Last month, the Justice Department drew criticism for the release of a letter allegedly written by Routh in which he offered $150,000 to anyone who would finish the job.
The DOJ released a letter written by Ryan Wesley Routh offering $150,000 to anyone who could ‘finish the job’ on President Trump.
The DOJ, which is trying to put Trump in prison, is now offering a bounty on Trump’s head by releasing this.
Why else would they release this? pic.twitter.com/r5u3RFBrIC
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) September 23, 2024
The letter was interpreted by some as the DOJ – which is already trying to put Trump in prison – endorsing a “bounty” on his head to encourage others to take a shot at him, preferably before the election.
The media’s lack of curiosity concerning both assassination attempts speaks volumes and a delay of Routh’s trial fits their agenda of burying the stories.
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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.
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