The man accused of plotting to kill President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last September has pleaded with a federal judge to permit him to be part of prisoner swap with U.S. adversaries so that he may “freeze to death in Siberia.”
Ryan Routh is currently being held in a Miami federal prison for the alleged failed attempt on Trump’s life on Sept. 14 that was stopped by a Secret Service agent. Routh has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, and several gun violations.
In a June 29 letter, Routh lamented that he would not be eligible for the death penalty and asked that U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon “trade” him for another country’s political prisoner.
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