'Friendly federal assassin': Trump's third assassination attempt suspect details, 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?

Topics covered

• assassination attempt
• security failings
• Washington events
• Trump
• reporting

Keywords

• assassination
• Trump
• security
• White House
• reporter
• dinner
• gunman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: White House Correspondent's Association

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