Accused Correspondents' Dinner gunman charged with attempted assassination of Trump

About this episode

The episode covers the attempted assassination of President Trump by a suspect at a press gala in Washington.

The suspect who attempted to storm a press gala this weekend in Washington has been charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump and other federal weapons charges. If convicted, he could face up to life in prison. White House correspondent Liz Landers was at the dinner when the incident unfolded and reports on the latest. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: PBS News

Guest: Liz Landers

Topics covered

• assassination attempt
• Trump
• press gala
• Washington
• federal charges

Keywords

• assassination
• Trump
• Washington
• press gala
• Liz Landers
• federal charges
• attempted murder

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Organizations: PBS News

Places: Washington

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