Ryan Routh, the guy who attempted to assassinate President Trump the second time last year has expressed a wish to be sentenced to death, despite it not being a potential punishment in the case.
Routh wrote to US District Judge Aileen Cannon asking why the death penalty is not on the table and also requesting to be part of a prisoner swap between the US and adversaries such as Russia or Hamas.
In the letter, Routh wrote, “Why is the death penalty not allowed? At nearly 60, a life of nothingness without love — what is the point? Why is it not all or nothing?”
The 2nd Trump assassin Ryan Routh, sends a very strange letter to Judge Cannon
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) July 11, 2025
• He asks to represent himself.
• He asks why the death penalty is not on the table.
• He says his death would be a great victory for Trump and some incoherent ramblings about Iran, China, Hamas. pic.twitter.com/uFle07xhqJ
Under federal law, the penalty for attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate is imprisonment for any term of years or for life, with no provision for the death penalty, which applies only if death results from such a crime.
Routh faces federal charges in addition to the attempted assassination, including assault on a federal officer, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and other gun possession offenses.
“I had wished for a prisoner swap with Hamas, Iran… or China for Jimmy Lai or one of the 40 others, or to freeze to death in Siberia in exchange for a Ukrainian soldier… so I could die being of some use and save all this court mess,” Routh further wrote.
“Perhaps you [Judge Cannon] have the power to trade me away… An easy diplomatic victory for Trump to give an American he hates to China, Iran, or North Korea… everyone wins,” the letter also states.
Routh also referred to his legal team in the letter, saying that he “no longer want[s] to listen to how horrible a person” he is, and that he will be “representing [him]self moving forward.”
“They do not want the case and I no longer want to listen to how horrible a person I am — I can beat my own self up; I do not need help,” he wrote, adding “Best I walk alone.”
He went on to apologise for having to “expend everyone’s time” by firing his lawyers, claiming “It was ridiculous from the outset to consider a random stranger that knows nothing of who I am to speak for me… I am sorry — a childish mistake,”
“I am so sorry, I know this makes your life harder. Sorry to expend everyone’s time on one so insignificant and useless,” he added.
He got that right.
Routh has previously written several unhinged letters in which he shifts from wallowing in self pity to demanding peace in the Middle East, an end to the two party political system in the US and a correction of the national debt problem.
He has also praised fellow wannabe Trump assassin Thomas Crooks asserting that both he and Crooks were “ready to die for freedom and democracy.”
Sounds like he feels his life is worth a trade but nothing else.
— Truth Shero (@TruthShero) July 11, 2025
What a mentally ill loser, lost to his causes.
Hoping to help another as a martyr.
Dude, you tried to assassinate President Trump as a throw away stooge for the CIA, I’m sure.
You have no value and threw…
Paragraphs! Line spacing! Less alphabet – more white space! It’s solid black text and looks like a crazy person typed it!
— zJack (@z_watching) July 11, 2025
Give him what he’s asking for
— Get_Your_Mind_Right-408 (@RobertGosh) July 11, 2025
Sending him elsewhere is what he wants. Death penalty to easy for him. Spending the rest of his miserable despicable life in jail, yes.
— Gilly (@frenchiema) July 12, 2025
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Liberalism is a mental disorder. Need a better example?
Berzerkers like this guy and Killburger used to be locked up for life in asylums like Bedlam.
Whatever happened to the good ‘ol days?
Ironically, that guy loves jukraine and wants to fight for them just like zion don. Better to be poor than be a liar. The usa needs to be ripped apart and rebuilt the way it should have been in the first place. Nobody want pedophile dual citizens running their country. If trumpstein really cared about protecting kids, he would have taken the texas bass family out last term, some of the biggest child traffickers in the world.
He likes to fight for Zelenskyy. Send him to the front line. Survival rate is up to 10 hours.
I don’t know. He sounds just as grounded in reality as all of the other commie cultists.