Assassinate

Jury Selection Kicks Off in High-Stakes Trial of Man Accused of Attempting to Assassinate Trump During Golf Outing

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FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Jury selection is scheduled to commence on Monday for Ryan Routh, who is accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump while he was golfing in South Florida last year. The trial is expected to last four weeks, although legal representatives anticipate a shorter duration. During the jury selection process, which is projected to take three days, attorneys will evaluate three groups of 60 potential jurors to finalize a panel of 12 jurors and four alternates. Opening statements are slated for Thursday, following which the prosecution will present its case. U.S. District … Read more

Jury Examines Alleged Scheme to Assassinate Iranian Activist on New York Soil

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New York – In a courtroom, details emerged about a thwarted attempt to assassinate an Iranian dissident on U.S. soil. The target was Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist known for her outspoken criticism of the Iranian regime’s human rights violations. Federal authorities have charged four individuals in connection with the plot, which reportedly involved surveilling Alinejad at her Brooklyn home. The defendants, who authorities say are Iranian intelligence operatives, allegedly planned to kidnap Alinejad and forcibly return her to Iran, where she likely would have faced severe reprisals. The key witnesses in the case provided … Read more

Lawmaker Slams Trump’s Lawyers for Dangerous Claim: Presidents Incentivized to Assassinate Senators

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressman Jamie Raskin, a Democrat representing Maryland, criticized former President Donald Trump’s attorney for making what he called an “utterly ludicrous” argument in federal court on Tuesday. John Sauer, the attorney, appeared before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and argued that the former president is immune from criminal prosecution. During the court proceedings, Judge Florence Pan posed a hypothetical question to Sauer, asking if a president could order the assassination of a political rival. Sauer responded that a president would have to be impeached and convicted before facing criminal prosecution. This … Read more