The man charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course wants to represent himself at his federal trial.
59-year-old Ryan Routh told Judge Aileen Cannon in a Fort Pierce courtroom today that he would like to replace his court-appointed attorneys. When Cannon asked if he wanted her to appoint new lawyers, he replied "No. I will represent myself."
Reporters were then ushered out of the courtroom, but the hearing is continuing this afternoon.
Meanwhile, a man and woman in North Carolina have pleaded guilty to selling Routh the rifle he allegedly pointed through a fence at Trump International Golf Club last September.
The Department of Justice says that rifle was sold to the suspect just a month before his arrest.