The American people were still trying to process the frighteningly close call of the July 13th assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump when a stunning second attempt on his life in as many months was foiled by the Secret Service in mid-September. The second would-be assassin, Ryan Routh, was quickly tracked down and taken into custody and charged initially with firearms offenses, with the attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate subsequently added as a charge.
Routh pleaded not guilty to the charges in late September, and Judge Aileen Cannon then set the case for a two-week trial beginning November 18. However, the Department of Justice then quickly moved to have the case certified as “complex,” the deadlines canceled, and the case removed from the trial docket, arguing that the case involves hundreds of witnesses, over a dozen search warrants,…
