Routh, 59, of Hawaii, appeared to try to stab himself in the neck with a pen after the guilty verdict was read in court, and court marshals had to restrain him, Fox News and NBC reported.
Trump congratulated Attorney General Pam Bondi and Justice Department prosecutors for securing the conviction.
“This was an evil man with an evil intention, and they caught him,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
– additional reporting NZ Herald
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