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The court date for the suspect in the alleged assassination attempt President Donald Trump has been released.
Judge Aileen Cannon set the date for Ryan Routh’s court proceeding to start on Nov. 18, just two weeks after Election Day.
“The order for a November 18 trial start date from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon came the day after Ryan Routh, 58, pleaded not guilty to five federal charges, including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate,” Reuters reported.
“The trial date is preliminary and could be delayed based on the complexity of the case,” it added.
As RSBN previously reported, Routh appeared in court on Monday to plead not guilty to five federal charges for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump on Sept. 15 at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The 58-year-old pleaded not guilty but will remain in jail until trial. Prosecutors have alleged that Routh tried to assassinate Trump from outside of the golf course with a rifle pointed through the bushes.
Routh was originally charged with three gun-related offenses but was indicted for the attempted assassination and assaulting a federal officer while in possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, according to an earlier report by Reuters.
The suspect traveled from North Carolina in mid-August and stalked Trump for a month before he attempted to execute his plan, according to court filings. Routh’s cell phone was pinged “on multiple days and times from August 18th, 2024, to September 15th, 2024,” the filings also stated.
Routh also authored a letter and mailed it to an individual several months earlier detailing his future unsuccessful attempt at Trump’s life.
“This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job,” Routh wrote. He addressed the letter to “The World.”
Cannon was notably also the same judge who dismissed a case against Trump related to an FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago homes that reportedly found classified documents in his possession. Special counsel Jack Smith appealed the decision in August.