‘Denied’: Trump assassination attempt suspect gets no help from MAGA-hero Judge Cannon in motion to dismiss 2 counts in federal indictment

A national justice in Florida connected Thursday crushed a section man’s bid to disregard immoderate of his transgression charges for allegedly attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last twelvemonth with a high-powered firearm astatine 1 of the president’s play courses.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee whose rulings successful his Mar-a-Lago classified documents lawsuit mostly cut the prosecution off astatine its knees, denied a question from suspect Ryan Routh to person portion of his lawsuit dropped after

Routh is facing a five-count national indictment, including attempted assassination of a large statesmanlike candidate, possessing a firearm successful furtherance of a transgression of violence, and battle of a national officer.

Routh moved successful precocious April to disregard the past 2 counts of the indictment: possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial fig and illegally owning a firearm arsenic a convicted felon. He has a anterior condemnation for possession of dynamite.

His nationalist defenders argued that the 2 charges were “unconstitutional” and violated his Second Amendment rights.

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Cannon noted successful her order that she was denying Routh’s question due to the fact that she disagreed with his lawyers’ statement that Routh should beryllium capable to workout his law close to ain a firearm contempt his past convictions. Prosecutors said astatine a proceeding past week that “a firearm with an obliterated serial fig has nary lawful purpose,” according to NPR.

Citing ineligible precedent from a 2024 lawsuit astir possessing a weapon with an obliterated serial number, United States v. Price, Cannon wrote: “In different words, ‘if helium tin beryllium constitutionally prohibited from possessing immoderate firearm without moving afoul of the Second Amendment, past helium tin surely beryllium prohibited from possessing a discrete subset of firearms — namely, firearms with obliterated serial numbers — without moving afoul of it too.”

As Law&Crime antecedently reported, Routh successful September 2024 was arrested successful Florida aft a Secret Service cause allegedly spotted him with a firearm “in the exterior brushwood on the obstruction enactment adjacent the 6th spread putting green” astatine the Trump International Golf Club arsenic the erstwhile president golfed 1 spread behind. Authorities person said that the cause opened fire, starring Routh to fly the country successful a Nissan Xterra.

Investigators aboriginal said that a witnesser connection from idiosyncratic identified successful tribunal filings arsenic T.C.M. was instrumental successful identifying and detaining Routh

After Routh’s arrest, authorities said they recovered a missive addressed to the “world” stating that “[t]his was an assassination effort connected Donald Trump but I americium truthful atrocious I failed you.” Routh had been camped retired for immoderate 12 hours waiting for Trump to golf, according to tribunal documents.

Routh has pleaded not blameworthy to his charges. If convicted successful the national case, helium faces a maximum condemnation of beingness successful prison.

He is besides facing authorities charges, including attempted first-degree execution and terrorism.

Jerry Lambe contributed to this report.