Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Routh smiles and laughs as attorneys spar over gun

The antheral arrested successful transportation with a suspected crippled to assassinate then-presidential campaigner Donald Trump was seen laughing and smiling arsenic helium appeared successful national tribunal Tuesday greeting for a pre-trial hearing. 

Asked however his time was going, Ryan Routh, 58, said it was "lovely." 

The hearing, which regarded an AK-47 Routh was allegedly going to usage to effort to termination Trump astatine his Florida play course, ended without a decision. 

Trump assassination fishy Ryan Routh was arrested for alleged attempted assassination of a large statesmanlike campaigner successful Palm Beach County, Florida, connected Sept. 15, 2024. (Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)

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The defence and prosecution argued earlier U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Aileen Cannon.

Routh's defence attorneys are seeking their ain autarkic investigation of whether the weapon would person fired if Routh had pulled the trigger, and whether the region of a slug fired from the weapon would person been capable to deed Trump. The defence believes that if the weapon would not person fired, oregon if a slug could not person deed Trump from the scope astatine which it was fired, Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors cannot beryllium that Routh intended to termination Trump. 

"If helium knew determination was nary accidental it could deed the target, that negates intent," Routh's nationalist defenders, Kristy Militello and Renee Sihvola, argued. 

The national prosecutors accidental the weapon successfully fired erstwhile it was tested astatine the scene, and besides aboriginal erstwhile it was tested by an FBI adept successful Quantico, Virginia. They accidental that investigating is much than capable to beryllium Routh's intent. 

Law enforcement officials enactment the transgression country extracurricular the Trump International Golf Club successful West Palm Beach, Florida, connected Sept. 16, 2024. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)

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However, the defence inactive has questions astir the weapon's range, and wants to person their ain adept – idiosyncratic with SWAT acquisition – trial the gun. 

The prosecutors said that is intolerable due to the fact that the limb would person to beryllium tested wrong a national installation by idiosyncratic without entree to specified a facility. 

The defence volition person the accidental to presumption each the grounds successful the lawsuit adjacent week during a sojourn to an FBI tract bureau successful Miramar, Florida. 

The lawsuit stems from Sept. 15, erstwhile a Secret Service cause noticed the tube of an AK-47 sticking retired done a chain-link obstruction a fewer holes up of wherever Trump was playing astatine the Trump International Golf Club. The cause fired upon Routh, who abandoned the limb and a GoPro camera and fled successful an SUV, authorities said. He was captured soon thereafter. 

He aboriginal pleaded not blameworthy to 5 national charges, including attempted assassination of a large statesmanlike candidate. 

Suspected would-be assassin Ryan Routh was arrested by instrumentality enforcement successful Florida.

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In December, Routh was deed with an attempted felony execution complaint stemming from the chaotic aftermath of his apprehension. Interstate 95 successful Florida was closed owed to the pursuit, which allegedly caused a car clang that injured a young girl. 

Just past week, Routh was accused by national prosecutors of attempting to get a rocket launcher from a Ukrainian interaction arsenic portion of the alleged assassination plot.

Routh told his subordinate to "send maine a rpg [rocket-propelled grenade] oregon stinger, and I volition spot what we tin do… [Trump] is not bully for Ukraine," according to tribunal documents obtained by Fox News.

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The brace discussed Routh's acquisition options, with Routh allegedly inquiring if his subordinate could "ship it to me???" earlier explaining his intent for the military-grade weapons: "I request instrumentality truthful that Trump cannot get elected."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Routh's attorneys. 

Fox News' Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Jake Gibson contributed to this report.