"Routh, a former construction worker who lived in North Carolina and Hawai'i, has pleaded not guilty. The trial comes roughly one year after Routh was arrested and charged for allegedly plotting to shoot Trump at one of his Florida golf clubs. Prosecutors alleged last year that Routh penned a letter addressed "Dear World" that stated: "This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you.""
"Routh hoped to call a number of witnesses, including Palestinian activists detained by the Trump administration and Trump himself, who Routh described in a filing as a "mad fool." Cannon, in an order denying a slew of witnesses Routh proposed, wrote that "as much as Defendant may want this official proceeding to devolve into a 'beatdown session' with one of the alleged victims in this case, he could not use witness testimony as a means of "calculated chaos.""
Routh is a former construction worker who lived in North Carolina and Hawai'i and pleaded not guilty. He was arrested roughly one year ago after allegedly plotting to shoot Donald Trump at a Florida golf club. Prosecutors alleged Routh penned a letter addressed "Dear World" stating, "This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you." Jury selection will begin Monday. Routh has chosen to represent himself and wrote that it is "[b]est I walk alone." He sought to call multiple witnesses including Palestinian activists and Trump. A judge denied many witness requests, citing a prohibition on using testimony for "calculated chaos." Standby counsel will be his former lawyers. Authorities say a Secret Service agent saw Routh pointing a rifle through a fence, fired toward the rifle, Routh fled, and a loaded rifle with an obliterated serial number was recovered near the tree line.
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