Overview
- A federal court in Florida on February 4 imposed a life sentence on Ryan Rauss for the September 2024 shooting attempt at a Palm Beach–area golf course.
- Rauss was convicted on five federal counts, including attempted assassination and illegal firearms possession.
- The judge said it was clear Rauss planned the crime meticulously with the purpose of taking a life.
- Rauss had pleaded not guilty and insisted he did not intend to kill, as his attorneys sought a 27-year term while prosecutors warned about threats to democratic processes.
- A jury returned a guilty verdict last September, and reporting has characterized the attack as an ambush at the course where then-candidate Trump was targeted.