Routh Requests Delay of Trump Assassination Attempt Trial

‘Discovery delays and the extraordinary volume of discovery have made the current trial schedule incompatible’ with due process rights, his lawyers said.

Ryan Wesley Routh participates in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo

Attorneys for Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, have asked a federal judge to delay his trial until at least December 2025 because of the amount of evidence to be examined.

Judge Aileen Cannon had set a February 2025 trial date in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.