UPDATED: The armed suspect who charged a security checkpoint at the White House House Correspondents’ Association Dinner planned to target Trump administration officials, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday, as a shaken press corps and hundreds of other attendees continued to recount the dramatic moments after shots were fired in the Washington Hilton ballroom.
NBC News and other outlets said that the suspect, who had a room at the hotel, also left writings in which he described his plans. The suspect, identified by the AP as Cole Allen of Torrance, CA, is in custody and is expected to face a series of federal charges on Monday.
“We’re still looking to try to understand a motive,” Blanche told CNN on Sunday. “From our preliminary investigation, it does appear the suspect was targeting members of the administration. I don’t want to go beyond that because we don’t have
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