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Federal prosecutors requested an indefinite delay in the trial of Trump assassination suspect Ryan Routh on Wednesday.
The prosecutors noted a large amount of new evidence obtained in the past two weeks as the reason for seeking additional time.
“Over the past two weeks, the United States has interviewed hundreds of witnesses,” prosecutors said in the filing, according to ABC News. “It has also executed 13 search warrants in Florida, Hawaii, and North Carolina, and seized hundreds of items of evidence, including multiple electronic devices.”
“All videos, still images, text files, and audio files constitute approximately 4,000 terabytes (4 million gigabytes) of digital review to complete,” the filing added.
Attorneys for Routh did not object to the indefinite delay, per the filing.
Judge Aileen Cannon set the date for Ryan Routh’s court proceeding to start on Nov. 18, just two weeks after Election Day, RSBN reported on Wednesday.
“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.
