Article 7577F Suspected gunman likely targeting Trump administration officials at White House press dinner, acting attorney general says – live

Suspected gunman likely targeting Trump administration officials at White House press dinner, acting attorney general says – live

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Todd Blanche says 31-year-old suspect will be charged with assault of a federal officer, discharging a firearm and attempting to kill a federal officer

Donald Trump took to Trump Social on Sunday to repeat his statement from the night before in which he said the shooting at the White House correspondents' dinner was why a White House ballroom was necessary.

What happened last night is exactly the reason that our great Military, Secret Service, Law Enforcement and, for different reasons, every President for the last 150 years, have been DEMANDING that a large, safe, and secure Ballroom be built ON THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE," Trump wrote.

It does appear the suspect was targeting members of the administration ... We don't have specifics yet about particular members of the administration, except that we do understand that that was his goal and his target.

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