Ryan Routh, the man accused of plotting to kill President Trump as he golfed in south Florida last year, was found guilty Tuesday following a trial where he mounted his own defense.

After two hours of deliberation, a jury of 12 Floridians convicted Routh on all five counts he faced in federal court, including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Routh’s sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 18, according to The Hill’s sister network, NewsNation. After the verdict was handed down, he attempted to stab himself in the neck with a pen, prompting U.S. Marshals to intervene, the network said.

He was dragged out of the courtroom, as his daughter, Sara Routh, was screaming, “Dad I love you don’t do anything. I’ll get you out. He didn’t hurt anybody,” according to the Associated Press.

The guilty verdict comes at a moment of renewed national concern about political violence in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting earlier this month.

Federal prosecutors said Routh spent weeks planning to kill Trump before pushing the muzzle of a rifle through the perimeter of his West Palm Beach golf course last year, near the sixth hole.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Browne urged the jury to use “common sense” in its deliberations during the government’s closing arguments Tuesday, according to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation, contending that the fact Routh ultimately never fired a shot shouldn’t mean he’s let off the hook.

“If the evidence in this case has shown one thing........

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