Judge to Allow Limited Firearm Test in Trump Assassination Attempt Case

FORT PIERCE, Fla.—A federal judge said she would allow a limited test on a firearm recovered in an alleged shooting plot against President Donald Trump last year, although it would be confined to simply determining if the gun was operable. In an April 15 pre-trial hearing for Ryan Routh—the man accused of trying to assassinate Trump at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15, 2024—U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon approved the defense team’s request to test the firearm. However, Cannon said the testing would be limited to assessing whether the gun is capable of firing a round, and not whether it could hit a target from the tree line location Routh was allegedly camping out at before he was allegedly seen fleeing Trump International Golf Club....