Judge hears closing arguments in the trial of man accused of trying to assassinate Trump

FORT PIERCE Fla WSVN U S District Judge Aileen Cannon heard closing arguments in the trial against Ryan Routh the man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump while his was on his golf syllabus last year Routh s closing argument lasted roughly minutes and came after the prosecution put forth their scenario laying out all of the evidence they had concluding that there s no doubt reasonable or otherwise This defendant almost got away with it He was one bullet away Prosecutor Christopher Browne stated jurors Routh was arrested Sept after Secret Provision officers spotted the nozzle of his rifle poking out the shrubbery as the then-presidential candidate played golf on at the Trump International Golf Class in West Palm Beach Administration declared Routh camped outside for hours and had a gun was taped on a high position in a tree near the th hole but ultimately he would flee without firing shot after the agent who saw him discharged his weapon In closing arguments Browne recounted the times Routh was tracked around the other areas of Palm Beach County The defendant obsessively stalked and tracked his intended victim Browne stated When it was Routh s turn he invoked the term intent repeatedly often referring to himself in the third person The job could ve been completed simple and easy but there was no intent The individual could not pull the trigger he noted Essentially Routh s main argument is intent vs reality and because he didn t kill Trump his planning shouldn t be accounted for and jurors should yield a not guilty verdict Routh The main question is if you feel whether or the defendant himself should be able to walk among you freely He has the highest regard for natural human rights The jury has been dismissed for deliberations News will bring you the latest once court resumes Please check back on WSVN com and News for more details on this emerging story