Routh's arrest came two months after Trump was shot and wounded in the ear in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service acknowledged failings leading up to that shooting but has said security worked as it should have to thwart the potential Florida attack.

The federal trial date for Ryan Wesley Routh, accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, has been set for Sept. 8, 2025 by Judge Aileen Cannon in Fort Pierce.

Donald Trump said the Justice Department will pursue the death penalty against prisoners after Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates.

President-elect Trump promised to resume federal executions upon taking office for a second term after a moratorium on the practice.

President-elect Donald Trump said on social media he will direct the Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty amid President Joe Biden's decision to commute the sentences of nearly all federal death row prisoners.