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
Further to my previous post, acting US attorney general Todd Blanche has also told CNN’s Dana Bash this morning that the suspect appeared to be targeting members of the Trump administration.
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.
I can confirm the officer has been discharged, and the ballistic vest helped us avoid a potential tragedy last night.
The defendant is now before a federal court, and comments at this stage will come from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
