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The man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he golfed last year in south Florida tried to stab himself with a pen after a federal jury handed down the guilty verdict Tuesday afternoon.
Ryan Routh was convicted on all five counts he faced after jurors deliberated for two hours. The charge of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
After the verdict was announced and jurors started leaving the courtroom, Routh grabbed a pen and attempted to stab himself in the neck with it, prompting U.S. Marshals to intervene, according to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation.
They dragged him out of the courtroom, as his daughter, Sara Routh, screamed.
“Dad, I love you don’t do anything,” she said, according to the Associated Press. “I’ll get you out. He didn’t hurt anybody.”
On Monday, Sara Routh told NewsNation she thought the trial was “rigged.”
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