Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that he believes the suspected gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was targeting administration officials, noting “we’re still looking into” whether President Donald Trump was specifically targeted.
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Blanche stressed that the investigation was “quite preliminary” and said that law enforcement was looking into further information about the suspect including “some writings” and speaking with people who knew him. The suspect is not cooperating with investigators, he added.
“I kept it a little general because we do believe it was administration officials,” Blanche told “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker. “Obviously, President Trump is a member of the administration, the head of it, but, but as far as exacting threats that may have been communicated beforehand, we’re still actively investigating that evidence.”
Blanche declined to detail the writings, noting that the investigation was only about 12 hours old.
The acting attorney general said that law enforcement believe that the suspect traveled by train from Los Angeles to Chicago and finally to Washington, D.C., where he checked into the hotel where the event took place “in the last day or two.” Blanche also said that law enforcement believes the suspect bought the two firearms he had at the hotel “within the past couple of years.”
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