Prosecutors request indefinite delay in trial for Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Routh

Federal prosecutors requested an indefinite hold Wednesday successful scheduling the proceedings for Ryan Routh, the fishy successful the 2nd assassination effort on erstwhile President Trump, citing an tremendous magnitude of grounds gathered since his arrest.

In a filing connected Wednesday, prosecutors asked Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon to officially designate Routh's lawsuit arsenic "complex."

Prosecutors revealed the scope of the investigation, which spanned aggregate states, progressive hundreds of interviews and included hundreds of integer media for review.

"The authorities has worked diligently since September 15 to analyse the incident. Over the past 2 weeks, the United States has interviewed hundreds of witnesses," the filing said. "It has besides executed 13 hunt warrants successful Florida, Hawaii, and North Carolina, and seized hundreds of items of evidence, including aggregate physics devices.

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Ryan Routh is accused of aiming a firearm astatine erstwhile President Trump portion helium was golfing astatine his people successful West Palm Beach, Florida, connected September 15, 2024. It is being investigated arsenic a 2nd assassination effort connected Trump. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

Investigators claimed that they person much than 100 outstanding subpoena returns that are inactive pending, and they estimation that they person "thousands of videos to review" from the ample measurement of electronic devices seized.

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"All videos, inactive images, substance files, and audio files represent astir 4,000 terabytes (4 cardinal gigabytes) of integer reappraisal to complete," the filing said.

The filing noted that the FBI is continuing to behaviour forensic tests connected evidence, including ballistic testing, and fingerprint and DNA comparisons, saying that the grounds would apt see them preparing respective adept witnesses to testify.

Due to the sheer magnitude of grounds collected, prosecutors asked Cannon for the proceedings to beryllium delayed indefinitely to let capable clip for parties to reappraisal the find and find which motions request to beryllium filed.

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The authorities besides requested that the question deadlines, calendar call, and proceedings day acceptable beryllium delayed indefinitely. According to the filing, Routh's defence attorneys did not reason prosecutors' petition to hold the proceedings date.

A tribunal sketch depicts Ryan Routh's quality successful national tribunal successful West Palm Beach, Florida connected Monday, September 23, 2024. Routh is facing charges related to the alleged attempted assassination of erstwhile President Donald Trump past week. (Lothar Speer)

Routh is facing attempted assassination charges. He was antecedently charged federally with possessing a weapon with a scratched-out fig and with possessing a weapon illegally arsenic a felon. He was ordered by a national justice to stay successful custody. 

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Routh pleaded not blameworthy successful national tribunal successful West Palm Beach, Florida.

On September 15, Routh allegedly hid successful the bushes extracurricular Trump International Golf Club successful West Palm Beach with a firearm arsenic Trump was playing.

Authorities said a Secret Service cause spotted the tube of the weapon sticking retired and instantly opened fire. Routh allegedly took off, but was arrested a abbreviated clip later.