Acting US attorney general says WHCD suspect was likely targeting Trump administration officials

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday said that law enforcement believes that the alleged White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter was targeting Trump administration officials.

“It does appear that he, he did, in fact, have set out to target folks that work in the administration, likely including the President,” Blanche told NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” adding that the suspect likely traveled by train from Los Angeles to Chicago and then to Washington, D.C.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by Caitlin Webber)

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