发布于 2026年2月4日，美国东部时间凌晨4:00 / 美国有线电视新闻网政治
作者：[霍姆斯·莱布兰德]、[兰迪·凯]
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- 图片说明： 佛罗里达州马丁县治安官办公室发布的照片显示，执法人员于2024年9月15日逮捕了瑞安·劳斯。
- 马丁县治安官办公室/美联社/档案照片
在策划、跟踪并伺机向当时的前总统唐纳德·特朗普开枪暗杀未遂之后，瑞安·劳斯在佛罗里达州特朗普西棕榈滩高尔夫球场边缘架设狙击点，最终被特勤局特工挫败。此人将于周三被判刑。
瑞安·劳斯于9月在一场灾难性的自我辩护审判后被判定五项罪名成立——在此期间，他不断遭到主审联邦法官艾琳·坎农的斥责。
坎农将负责决定劳斯对所定罪状的量刑，这些罪名包括企图暗杀一位主要总统候选人。预计劳斯将在周三法庭上辩称，反对检方试图加重其刑罚的“恐怖主义加重处罚”请求。
“他是个有主见的人，不遵从律师的建议，但他有权表达自己的想法和心声，”劳斯被定罪后聘请的律师马丁·罗斯告诉美国有线电视新闻网。
罗斯表示，他的当事人周三的陈述“会很不寻常”，并且可能“只会部分涉及案件本身”。
检方要求坎农判处劳斯终身监禁。
“劳斯的罪行无疑应判处终身监禁——他数月来一直蓄意策划暗杀一位主要总统候选人，”检方在上个月的法庭文件中称。“他表现出了不惜一切代价杀害任何人的意愿，并且至今对其受害者既无悔恨也无悔意。”
在审判期间，劳斯在庭审中屡次偏离主题或试图为自己的行为（包括涉毒）辩解，均被坎农法官制止。
未遂暗杀者试图在定罪后自刺颈部
未遂暗杀事件经过
根据庭审呈现的证据，在2024年9月暗杀特朗普未遂之前的几周里，劳斯曾多次出现在高尔夫球场及特朗普海湖庄园附近。劳斯使用的“一次性手机”显示其搜索过“特朗普即将举行的集会”和“棕榈滩交通摄像头”。
调查人员很快发现了劳斯的一封认罪信，信的首页写道：“我尽了最大努力，用我能聚集的所有勇气去尝试。现在该由你来完成这项工作了；我愿提供15万美元给任何能完成这项工作的人。”
但没有迹象显示劳斯有能力支付这笔钱。
2024年9月15日，劳斯手持一把老式苏联风格步枪，身着防弹板，在高尔夫球场外的围栏后瞄准特朗普正在第六洞打球的方向——当时前总统就在附近一洞处，仅几分钟之遥。
一名负责在特朗普前方清场的特勤局特工发现了劳斯部分被遮挡的脸以及透过高尔夫球场围栏露出的步枪枪管。
在特工用手枪向其射击后，劳斯逃离现场，但被市民汤米·麦吉目击其过街、上车并驶离。
麦吉在劳斯审判中作证称，他记下了车牌号，并于当天被送往当地执法部门所在地，协助确认了这名未遂暗杀者的身份。
在庭审中的交叉询问中，劳斯对麦吉说：“你是个好人。你是我的英雄。你是美国英雄。”
其他庭审证据显示，劳斯曾策划逃跑，搜索过“前往迈阿密机场的路线”和“飞往墨西哥的航班”等关键词。
独特的审判与濒死结局
劳斯在案件初期就选择自我辩护，包括在审判前的公开法庭文件中称特朗普为“种族主义猪”，并向特朗普挑战“来一场‘殴斗赛’或高尔夫对决”，补充道“如果他赢了，他可以处决我；如果我赢了，我就能得到他的职位。”
2024年9月的审判中，坎农法官多次制止劳斯偏离法庭审理范围的行为。
在最后的陈述中，劳斯辩称暗杀特朗普“永远不会发生”，因此“如果暗杀企图未得逞，那就不算真正的企图”。
仅在最后的陈述中，坎农法官就打断了劳斯至少10次，之后陪审团经过3小时审议宣布有罪判决。
当判决在公开法庭宣读时，劳斯试图用钢笔刺向自己颈部，他的女儿在旁听席上大喊：“哦，天哪，他想自杀，他想自杀！快阻止他，求求你们！”
他被美国法警制服。
Ryan Routh to be sentenced Wednesday for attempted assassination of Trump in 2024 at Florida golf course
Published Feb 4, 2026, 4:00 AM ET / CNN Politics
By [Holmes Lybrand], [Randi Kaye]
2 hr ago
In this imaged released by the Martin County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh on September 15, 2024.
Martin County Sheriff’s Office/AP/File
After plotting, stalking and lying in wait for the right moment to shoot and kill then-former President Donald Trump, the man who set up a sniper’s nest on the edge of Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course in Florida and was thwarted by a Secret Service agent, will be sentenced Wednesday.
Ryan Routh was convicted of five counts in September after a disastrous attempt to represent himself at trial – where he was constantly reprimanded by the federal judge presiding, Aileen Cannon.
Cannon will be tasked with determining Routh’s sentence for the convicted charges, which include attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. Routh is expected to argue in court Wednesday against prosecutors’ attempts to add a terrorism enhancement to increase his sentence.
“He’s his own man, he doesn’t follow the advice that lawyers give him, but he’s well within his rights to say whatever is on his mind and whatever is on his chest,” Martin Roth, an attorney for Routh hired after his conviction, told CNN.
Roth said that his client’s comments Wednesday “will be unusual” and likely “will only be partially about the case.”
Prosecutors are asking Cannon to impose a life sentence.
“Routh’s crimes undeniably warrant a life sentence – he took steps over the course of months to assassinate a major Presidential candidate,” prosecutors said in a court filing last month. Routh “demonstrated the will to kill anybody in the way, and has since expressed neither regret nor remorse to his victims.”
During his trial, Routh was constantly shut down by Cannon after veering into off-topic areas or potential explanations for his actions, including drug use.
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The failed plot
According to evidence presented at trial, Routh had been near the golf course and Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in the weeks leading up to his thwarted assassination attempt. Burner phones used by Routh also showed searches for “Trump’s upcoming rallies” and “Palm Beach traffic cameras.”
In a letter quickly uncovered by investigators, Routh had written a confession of his attempt to assassinate Trump, writing on the first page: “I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job.”
There’s no indication Routh had the money to fund his offer.
Armed with an old, Soviet-styled rifle and protected by armored plates hanging over the fence, Routh set his sights on the sixth hole of Trump’s golf course on September 15, 2024, with the former president playing a round of golf one hole back, just minutes away.
A Secret Service agent, tasked with clearing the area ahead of Trump, spotted Routh’s partially obscured face and the barrel of a rifle sticking through the chain-linked fence bordering the course.
With the gun pointed at him, the agent fired several shots from his pistol before taking cover behind a tree and radioing in the threat.
Routh fled the scene but was spotted by a citizen, Tommy McGee, crossing the street, getting into a vehicle and driving away.
McGee, who testified at Routh’s trial, took down the license plate of the car and was later flown that same day to where local authorities located and stopped Routh to identify the would-be assassin.
During his cross-examination at trial, Routh told McGee, “You’re a good man. You’re my hero. You’re an American hero.”
Other evidence presented at trial showed Routh plotting his getaway, searching terms like “Directions to Miami airport” and “flights to Mexico.”
A unique trial and near-deadly end
Routh chose to represent himself early on in his case, including through public court filings before trial where he called Trump “a racist pig” and challenged the president to “a beatdown session” or a round of golf, adding that if “he wins he can execute me, I win I get his job.”
Judge Cannon continually stopped Routh during September’s trial, as he jumped around in territory outside the bounds of the case.
During closing arguments, Routh argued the assassination of Trump was “never going to happen” and therefore “if the attempted assassination was not taken, it is not an attempt.”
Cannon interrupted Routh at least 10 times in his closing arguments alone, after which a jury convened for 3 hours before announcing the guilty verdict.
Once the verdict was read in open court, Routh attempted to stab himself in the neck with a pen as his daughter yelled from the audience, “Oh my god, he’s trying to kill himself, he’s trying to kill himself! Someone stop him, please!”
He was stopped by deputy US Marshals.