RYAN WESLEY ROUTH CONVICTED ON SEVERAL COUNTS INCLUDING ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE—INTO THE WEEDS LOOK BACK
INTRODUCTION
In the wake of Ryan Routh’s arrest last year, I wrote a piece that we will republish here in order to provide an understanding of why the Florida Federal Jury only took a few hours to convict. The substantial evidence obtained, as well as the bizarre manner in which Routh defended himself, speaks volumes. Then candidate Trump had survived a bullet in Butler, PA, and now came very close to another attempt on his life. This redux will reinforce the seriousness of this crime, and the penalty, which will be levied in December, will be severe. Enjoy.
Excerpt from the original article published on September 30th, 2024, below:
RYAN WESLEY ROUTH WILL BE CONVICTED OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF DONALD TRUMP—CASE 2
Last week a Miami federal grand jury indicted Ryan Wesley Routh on several counts, the most serious of which is an alleged violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 351(c), the attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. This carries a maximum of life imprisonment, and I believe this will be the result. For purposes of this blog, I will reserve the analysis of the mystery surrounding this person, who has a long criminal record, including a predicate felony of possessing a machine gun, but never served a day in jail, apparently. He traveled the world in a fog of delusions of grandeur, attempting to recruit for Ukraine’s war effort after having been rejected for military service there. He tried to recruit and pay Afghan and Syrian mercenaries, lived in Hawaii, and traveled the world all on an alleged $3000.00 a month fixed income. His plea for Iran to kill Trump and his letter written six months ago all became evidence wherein he said that he “failed to kill Trump.” Had he tried it before? Why wasn’t he on someone’s radar? Or was he? We may know, but perhaps he will meet an unfortunate end in jail awaiting trial before he is debriefed. He has acted very Oswald-like in his life. Maybe a modern Jack Ruby waits in the wings so we can forever speculate.
Well, on to the law. It is here that I disagree with Professor Dershowitz, who opined on his podcast that it may be “difficult” to convict Routh of attempted assassination because they intercepted him before he could engage in a sufficient act of preparation or in marshalling proof that he had the intent to do so. The law and precedent state otherwise.
In 1995, a miscreant named Francisco Martin Duran was convicted of the attempted assassination of President Clinton. The facts are interesting. Duran was in the vicinity of the White House when a visitor named Dennis Basso was standing on the grounds with three other men when two nearby children exclaimed how much Mr. Basso looked like President Clinton. Duran then opened fire with a concealed rifle, and the bullets struck trees and the building near where Mr. Basso was standing. No one was hurt, and the president was nowhere near that location. The government charged him with the attempted assassination of the president and secured a conviction. The government presented the following evidence:
- Duran told several people he wanted to kill the president.
- He bought a firearm and magazines.
- He wrote materials that also stated he wanted to kill the president.
- He concealed these and lay in wait.
Interestingly, the court might have found the attempt even without the discharge of the weapon:
“Based on the evidence proffered by the government in this case, a reasonable jury could find that his crime of attempt WAS COMPLETE LONG BEFORE THE DEFENDANT EVEN PULLED THE TRIGGER OF HIS FIREARM….HAVING LEFT A TRAIL OF WRITTEN THREATS….ARRIVING AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 29TH 1994 AND CONCEALING A RIFLE UNDER HIS TRENCH COAT….”
Thankfully, the moron didn’t hurt anyone. That brings us to the new moron.
- Routh wrote the letter and told people he wanted the President killed and even asked a geopolitical foe, Iran, to do so;
- He offered a $150,000 bounty for someone to do it (could he pay it?);
- Despite at least one felony conviction, he managed to put together an SKS with a magazine feed (as standard issue, they have an attached box magazine);
- He scrubbed the serial number;
- He obtained (how?) Trump’s golf schedule;
- He traveled to the boundary of the golf course.
- He set up two crude outer carriers in which he mounted ballistic plates as if to prevent incoming fire (he saw how Crooks died);
- He set these up in a “sniper’s hide” and lay in wait.
What is absent from the indictment or the statement of the US Attorney is whether the SKS was loaded—did the mag left there have rounds in it? Were rounds or a loaded magazine found in the vehicle?
An alert Secret Service agent deployed suppressive fire, and apparently none was returned. Routh fled and was apprehended 40 miles away because a nearby citizen got the license plate and vehicle description.
A guilty verdict is likely unless there is an intervening insanity defense, which will not fly. If the weapon was inoperable or if there was no ammunition at the scene, they may try an impossibility defense. Also, unlikely. What we want to know is whether Routh and/or Crooks were played by Iranian intelligence or other shadowy agents to undertake these acts. We may never know, and in this political season, these events are being suppressed by the legacy media to avoid any inquiry or to boost Trump’s profile. We cannot let that stand.
Mike Imprevento
September 24th, 2025
