BREAKING: Judge Aileen Cannon to preside over trial of Ryan Routh in attempted assassination of Trump case

Routh allegedly camped out near Trump International Golf Course for 12 hours waiting for the former president to give him an opportunity to kill him. After he was discovered by Secret Service, shot at, and fled the scene, agents discovered a long rifle and a scope that he'd allegedly left behind.

As Routh drove away from the course, a citizen photographed his license plate and sent the information to local law enforcement, allowing them to shut down the highway and conduct a manhunt until he was found and apprehended.

The assassination attempt against Trump on September 15 was the second attempt on his life in as many months, the first being on July 13 in Butler, PA.

Routh has been charged with attempted assassination as well as two federal gun charges. As a felon, he was not legally permitted to be in possession of a firearm. Routh has been arrested many times in his life and in the past few years had worked to get foreign fighters to go to Ukraine and fight against Russia. When he returned to the US, he was flagged, but the Biden-Harris Department of Homeland Security declined to investigate.

"The attempted assassination on the former president is a heinous act," Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference, per CNN. "I am grateful that he is safe, and as I said immediately after the event, the Justice Department will spare no resource to ensure accountability."

Cannon recently threw out the Biden-Harris DOJ's case against Trump in the classified documents case. The DOJ had authorized the FBI to raid Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach on suspicion that he was in possession of classified documents he should have left behind with the National Archives when he left office.

During the case, it was revealed that the FBI had tampered with evidence in order to photograph a collection of documents to better make their case against Trump.