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The prosecution within the federal trial of Ryan Routh, accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at his West Palm Seaside golf membership in 2024, referred to as a collection of legislation enforcement and forensic specialists Thursday as prosecutors close to the shut of their case.
Jurors heard from Randy Walters, an ATF damaging gadget examiner, who testified that the grey field recovered on the dwelling of one among Routh’s acquaintances contained selfmade gadgets, together with rat traps modified to set off explosives, pipes and .50 caliber cartridges.
“It’s limitless,” he mentioned of how such traps could be improvised. Walters advised jurors the parts had no different objective “apart from getting used as a weapon,” and that seven partially assembled firing mechanisms had been discovered inside a bag within the field.
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A sketch depicting courtroom proceedings through the Ryan Routh trial in Fort Pierce, Florida on September 15, 2025. Ryan Routh is accused of an tried assassination on President Donald Trump at his West Palm Seaside golf membership in 2024. (Lothar Speer)
On cross-examination, Routh requested Walters about whether or not the items themselves had been unlawful to personal. Walters agreed that almost all weren’t, however later famous when requested by prosecutors that it’s illegal for a convicted felon to own ammunition.
Jurors additionally acquired their closest look but of the Chinese language-made semiautomatic rifle prosecutors say Routh carried onto Trump’s golf course through the testimony of FBI Particular Agent Nicholas Schnelle. The jury leaned in to check the weapon and different reveals as testimony ran by way of the afternoon.
Routh requested Schnelle: “So, you actually don’t comprehend it’s semiautomatic or absolutely?” after the agent admitted he had not test-fired the weapon.
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Photographs of reveals offered in courtroom by the federal government through the Ryan Routh trial in Fort Pierce, Florida on Sept. 17, 2025. Ryan Routh is accused of an tried assassination on President Donald Trump at his West Palm Seaside golf membership in 2024. (DOJ)
Routh, representing himself in courtroom, highlighted paperwork, sighed audibly and sometimes apologized to witnesses. Approaching one Miami-based agent throughout cross-examination, he mentioned, “At the very least you didn’t need to drive far.”
At different factors, he advised witnesses their solutions must be “simply frequent sense,” and continued talking even after prosecutors’ objections, prompting Decide Aileen Cannon to chop him off.
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A sketch depicting courtroom proceedings through the Ryan Routh trial in Fort Pierce, Florida on Sept. 16, 2025. Ryan Routh is accused of an tried assassination on President Donald Trump at his West Palm Seaside golf membership in 2024. (Lothar Speer)
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The courtroom deliberate to adjourn at 4:30 p.m. ET Thursday earlier than holding a cost convention with counsel. The prosecution is anticipated to relaxation its case Friday, with the protection advised to have its witnesses prepared.
