Fort Peres, Florida – The choice of the jury on Monday will begin to try a accused man Assassination Donald Trump while playing golf last year in southern Florida.
The court prevented four weeks to try Ryan Roth, but lawyers expect that they will need less time.
It is expected that the jury will take three days, as lawyers are wondering about three groups of 60 potential jury. They are trying to find 12 jurors and four alternatives. The opening data is scheduled to start on Thursday, and public prosecutors will start their case immediately after that.
The American boycott judge, Eilen, was signed in July dung He asked to represent himself, but he said that the lawyers appointed by the court should remain a lawyer for preparation. Cannon confirmed during a hearing last week that Roth will wear professional work clothes for trial. She also explained to Roth that he would be allowed to use the platform while speaking to the jury or the interrogation of witnesses, but he did not have a free curriculum from the courtroom.
The trial will start for nearly a year after the prosecutors said that the US Secret Service Undersecretary thwarted a Ruth attempt to shoot the Republican candidate for the presidency. Ruth, 59, acknowledged that he was not guilty of charges of charges Attempt to assassinate a major presidential candidateThe assault on a federal officer and many firearms violations.
Just nine weeks ago, Trump survived Another attempt In his life during his campaign in Pennsylvania. This gunman fired eight shots, with a single bullet that sponsors Trump’s ear, before being shot by the secret service sniper.
Prosecutors said that Roth was systematically painted for Trump’s killing for weeks before targeting a gun through the bushes, as Trump played the golf on September 15, 2024, in his club in West Palm Beach. Ruth secret service agent monitored before Trump appears. Officials said Ruth was targeting his rifle to the agent, who opened the fire, causing Ruth to drop his weapon and flee without shooting.
The law enforcement obtained the help of those who witnessed the representatives of the prosecution that the officers had informed that he had seen a fleeing person. Then the witness was transferred in a police helicopter to the near highway where Ruth was arrested, and the witnesses confirmed that the person he saw, according to the prosecutors.
The judge last week canceled the 33 -page exhibition list that could be submitted as a guide in the trial. It says that the prosecutors have pictures of Ruth that has the same model for the semi -automatic rifle in Trump.
Ruth was a construction worker in North Carolina, who has moved in recent years to Hawaii. Witnesses told Associated Press that the self -designed mercenary leader, Ruth spoke to anyone listening to his dangerous and violent plans sometimes to include himself into conflicts all over the world.
In the first days of War in UkraineRuth tried to recruit soldiers from Afghanistan, Moldova and Taiwan to fight the Russians. In his hometown of Greensburo, North Carolina, he was arrested in 2002 due to stopping traffic and fortifying himself from officers with a fully automatic automatic gun and “weapon of mass destruction”, which turned out to be explosive with a 10 -inch fuse.
In 2010, the police looked at an owned warehouse and found more than 100 stolen elements, from energy tools and construction supplies to kayak boats and spa basins. In both the two criminal cases, the rulers gave Ruth either under observation or a suspended penalty.
In addition to federal charges, Ruth also acknowledged that he was not guilty of state charges of terrorism and attempted murder.