The man convicted of attempting to kill President Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 4, USA Today reported.
On Sept. 15, 2024, Trump was golfing at his course in West Palm Beach, Florida, when Secret Service officers spotted a rifle poking through the fenced perimeter of the course. The agents fired at the suspect, identified as RyanWesley Routh, and chased after him. The incident occurred just months after a bullet grazed Trump's ear in another attempt on his life at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Routh, 59, was found guilty of attempted assassination in federal court in September and promptly tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen. He has asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon for a "just punishment," in hopes of avoiding life in prison.
Here is what to know about the case, a conclusion of the second dramatic attempt on Trump's life in a matter of months.
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