A U.S. judge has postponed the trial for the individual accused in the second assassination attempt on President-elect Donald Trump until September 2025, as stated in a court order.
The defense team for the accused, Ryan Routh, requested a delay of the original trial date set for February 10, citing the extensive amount of evidence involved in the case.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, based in Florida, granted a delay but described the defense’s request for a postponement until December 2025 as “excessive.” She has now established that the trial will commence before a jury on September 8, 2025.
Routh, 58, faces five federal charges, including the attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. He allegedly positioned himself with a firearm near a Trump-owned golf course in Florida in September, intending to shoot Trump during the presidential campaign.
Judge Cannon, who is handling this case, also previously presided over the now-dismissed criminal proceedings that accused Trump of unlawfully retaining classified documents after his first term.
