{"id":449144,"date":"2026-02-04T20:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/449144\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T20:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:32:07","slug":"man-convicted-of-trying-to-assassinate-donald-trump-sentenced-to-life-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/449144\/","title":{"rendered":"Man convicted of trying to assassinate Donald Trump sentenced to life in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(NBC, KYMA) &#8211; The man <a href=\"https:\/\/kyma.com\/news\/breaking-news\/2025\/09\/23\/man-accused-of-attempting-to-kill-president-trump-on-a-florida-golf-course-found-guilty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">found guilty<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/kyma.com\/news\/breaking-news\/2024\/09\/15\/former-president-donald-trump-reported-safe-following-shooting-near-his-vicinity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">attempting to assassinate Donald Trump<\/a> was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyma.com\/news\/national-world\/2024\/09\/16\/suspect-in-former-president-trumps-recent-assassination-attempt-appears-in-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ryan Routh<\/a> was sentenced to life plus a mandatory additional seven years for a firearm offense.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors had been asking for a life sentence for Routh, who was convicted of trying to kill Trump, then a presidential candidate, at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum saying Routh remains &#8220;totally unrepentant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Routh represented himself during the <a href=\"https:\/\/kyma.com\/news\/breaking-news\/2024\/12\/24\/trial-date-for-man-accused-of-attempting-to-assassinate-president-elect-trump-set\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">trial<\/a>, but the court-appointed attorney who help him prepare for his sentencing hearing says he will likely appeal.<\/p>\n<p>BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION<\/p>\n<p>KYMA KECY is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by <a href=\"https:\/\/kyma.com\/about-us\/2022\/07\/15\/community-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clicking here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it <a href=\"https:\/\/kyma.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(NBC, KYMA) &#8211; The man found guilty of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump was sentenced to life in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-449144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}