Trump, White House Correspondents' Dinner
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President Trump was rushed from the stage of a dinner hosted by the White House reporters’ association. Trump said a Secret Service agent was shot at but “saved” by his bulletproof vest. The F.B.I. said a suspect was in custody.
Trump clashed with 60 Minutes' Norah O'Donnell over the WHCA shooter's manifesto, calling her "a disgrace" in a tense exchange.
The gunman will be arraigned Monday on at least two charges, Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said.
President Donald Trump exploded at a reporter for quoting from the manifesto of the suspect who opened fire near the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday. In an interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Norah O’Donnell,
A would-be assassin was stopped at the Washington Hilton, marking the third known assassination attempt against Trump in less than two years' time.
Any detente between the president and the press after the shared horror of Saturday’s dinner appears to be short-lived.