BONUS: 'Friendly federal assassin:' Everything we know about suspect in Trump's third assassination attempt, plus security failings

About this episode

The episode discusses the details surrounding an assassination attempt on Donald Trump and the security failures at a major Washington event.

A reporter who was there said there was basically no screening to get into the White House Correspondent's Association dinner where a gunman allegedly attempted to kill President Donald Trump. Here's everything we know about the assassin. Plus, how does this keep happening? And is this the end of a storied Washington event?

People in this episode

Host: Newell Normand

Topics covered

• assassination attempt
• security failings
• White House event
• Trump
• Washington

Keywords

• assassination
• Trump
• security
• White House
• Correspondent's Association dinner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: White House Correspondent's Association

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