Ryan Routh, 59, pointed a rifle through a fence as Trump played golf in West Palm Beach, Florida, last September. At the start of the trial, prosecutor John Shipley said "this plot was carefully crafted and deadly serious", adding that without the agent intervening, "Donald Trump would not be alive". View 4 Images Routh faces life in prison (Image: AP)Federal prosecutors rested their case last Friday after spending a total of seven days presenting 38 witnesses. ‌The court heard he was armed with a semi-automatic rifle while then-candidate Trump was playing golf on September 15, 2024. Secret Service agents spotted him hiding in shrubbery with an SKS-style rifle, which Routh had argued was never pointed at the president.