{"id":18277,"date":"2026-02-09T23:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=18277"},"modified":"2026-02-09T23:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:20:06","slug":"would-be-trump-assassin-sentenced-to-life-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=18277","title":{"rendered":"Would-Be Trump Assassin Sentenced to Life in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n              <span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Routh, the man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump in 2024 while the Republican politician was running for president, has been sentenced to life in prison.\n<\/p>\n<h4>Become a Monthly Ministry Partner today.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon sentenced Routh, 59, to life on Wednesday, with her denouncing Routh\u2019s actions as those of an \u201cevil\u201d man, reported ABC News affiliate\u00a0WPBF.\n<\/p>\n<p>Cannon also praised the actions of law enforcement, as well as witnesses, in bringing Routh to justice, adding that \u201cdespite all the evil we see, there is a sliver of hope, a sliver of light.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 15, 2024, an armed Routh got as close as\u00a0300 yards from Trump\u00a0while the then-Republican presidential candidate was at the Trump International Golf Club in Florida.\n<\/p>\n<p>A Secret Service agent spotted Routh as he got closer and opened fire, with Routh fleeing the property. Routh was apprehended by authorities shortly after he fled the golf course.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0court documents, Routh had written a letter before the attempted assassination, addressing \u201cthe world,\u201d and saying, \u201cI tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job,\u201d read the handwritten letter. \u201cEveryone across the globe from the youngest to the oldest know that Trump is unfit to be anything, much less a U.S. president.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Last September, a jury found Routh guilty on the charges of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer, felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.\n<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s guilty verdict against would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh illustrates the Department of Justice\u2019s commitment to punishing those who engage in political violence,\u201d said Attorney General Pam Bondi in a\u00a0statement\u00a0at the time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis attempted assassination was not only an attack on our president, but an affront to our very nation itself. I am grateful to U.S. Attorney Jason Qui\u00f1ones, his entire trial team, and our law enforcement partners for protecting President Trump and securing this important verdict.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Routh\u2019s actions came two months after\u00a020-year-old\u00a0Thomas Crooks\u00a0attempted to assassinate Trump at a rally held in Butler, Pennsylvania,\u00a0wounding\u00a0the former president\u00a0and killing an event attendee before he was shot dead by a Secret Service counter-sniper.\n<\/p>\n<h4>Share your continued prayers for President Trump\u2019s protection below.<\/h4>\n<p><em>This article was originally published at The Christian Post. Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok.<\/em><br \/>\n&#13;\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryan Routh, the man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump in 2024 while the Republican politician was running for president, has been sentenced to life in prison. Become a Monthly Ministry Partner today. \u00a0 U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon sentenced Routh, 59, to life on Wednesday, with her denouncing Routh\u2019s actions as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[5339,331,2660,4057,174,5907],"class_list":{"0":"post-18277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-prayer","8":"tag-assassin","9":"tag-life","10":"tag-prison","11":"tag-sentenced","12":"tag-trump","13":"tag-wouldbe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}