US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was "very appreciative" and that justice had been served after a man was found guilty of attempting to assassinate him in September, 2024.

Ryan Routh, who was found lurking with a gun near Trump's Florida golf course last year, was found guilty of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on social media.

A jury found that Routh, 59, intended to kill Trump – then a former US president and Republican presidential candidate – when he pointed a rifle through a fence while Trump was golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.

He was also found guilty on the four other charges he faced, including impeding a federal agent and weapons offences. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. (Reuters)