Ryan Routh Seeks Move to State With Assisted Suicide

The man found guilty of plotting to kill President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago golf course last fall has asked a federal judge to move him to a state that permits assisted suicide, The Hill reported Thursday.

Ryan Routh is being held in a Miami federal prison after being convicted in the failed attempt on Trump’s life that was stopped by a Secret Service agent. Routh was found guilty in September on charges of attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, and several gun violations.

Routh, no stranger to making bizarre requests, has written a letter to Judge Aileen Cannon that he is a “constant failure” and has asked to be moved to a state where medical aid in dying is legal.

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