The son of a man who was accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course caused a scene inside a North Carolina court. He claimed that his arrest on charges of possessing child pornography was politically motivated.
Oran Routh was in court in Greensboro for a plea bargain hearing, as reported by FOX 8. The judge, William Osteen, posed questions to Routh in different ways before ultimately accepting his guilty plea.
Routh reportedly gave long-winded answers that didn’t directly address the questions.
On Sept. 15, Ryan Routh purportedly hid in the bushes outside Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., armed with a gun as Trump was playing on Sept. 15, 2024. Routh’s son, Oran, has pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge.
Routh allegedly lay in wait for over 12 hours in the brush with a rifle on the perimeter of the Trump International Golf Club before Trump started golfing. A Secret Service agent opened fire after allegedly seeing Routh pointing a rifle through a fence.
Routh fled and was arrested that day. He has pleaded not guilty to five counts, including the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate and assault on a federal officer.
The younger Routh was arrested after federal agents found child sex abuse material during an unrelated investigation into him.
Suspected would-be assassin Ryan Routh was arrested by law enforcement in Florida. <!–>
He pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography of a child under the age of 12. Other federal charges were dismissed. He is scheduled to be sentenced in May.
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