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Blanche reveals alleged WH Correspondents’ Dinner gunman traveled by train from LA to D.C. before arrest
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed Sunday that the alleged gunman accused in Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting in Washington, D.C., appears to have traveled from Los Angeles through Chicago to the nation’s capital by train.
“What we have learned and what they’ve learned just overnight is that it appears he traveled from Los Angeles through Chicago to Washington, D.C., and it appears he traveled by train during both legs of that trip,” Blanche told Fox News’s Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.”
“The investigation is rapidly developing,” he added.
Authorities executed multiple search warrants overnight in Los Angeles and Washington, including at a hotel room where the suspect was staying, according to Blanche. Investigators are also reviewing devices and communications recovered during the searches.
“Law enforcement executed multiple search warrants last night, not only in Los Angeles but also in Washington, D.C., in the hotel room where the suspect was staying, and they executed search warrants on devices, and they’re going through that information right now,” Blanche said.
Blanche said investigators are still examining the motive, but early evidence suggests the suspect may have been targeting members of the Trump administration. He cautioned that the case remains in its early stages.
“As far as motivation, we are still looking into that,” Blanche said. “It appears he was targeting members of the administration, but I say that generally because that’s all we know right now.”
Bream asked whether the use of rail travel instead of flying may indicate an effort to avoid airport security records or TSA search. Blanche said authorities have not yet determined why the suspect chose the route.
“Why he did — that we don’t know at this point, but it could be the reasons you just described. It could be other reasons,” Blanche said. “We don’t know whether he had the firearms with him.”
Blanche added that investigators believe the suspect purchased the firearms within the past several years, though authorities are still working to establish how the weapons were transported.
“It does appear that he purchased those firearms within the past couple of years,” Blanche said. “That could be another reason why he traveled by train because he had the firearms with him, but I’m speculating there.”
Federal prosecutors are expected to pursue initial charges tied to firearm use during a violent crime and assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon, with additional charges possible as evidence develops.
“We don’t know what charges could come later. It depends on what evidence we develop,” Blanche said. “But right now those two charges are the ones that we expect.”
Blanche also praised the response from security personnel and law enforcement agencies, saying they prevented the suspect from breaching the security perimeter near President Donald Trump.
“The reality is he didn’t really get past the perimeter,” Blanche said. “That means law enforcement, Secret Service, the Metropolitan Police Department, the FBI did their jobs.”
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Bongino questions security perimeter at White House Correspondents’ Dinner: ‘Compressed too far’
Former deputy FBI director and ex-Secret Service agent Dan Bongino said the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner will likely trigger a close review of security, arguing investigators will need to examine whether the event perimeter was wide enough.
Bongino framed the incident as both a case study in the limits of event security and a reason for renewed concern about threats against President Donald Trump.
He explained on “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Sunday that presidential protection works through increasingly tight layers of vetting and control. He said security teams will now have to assess whether the outer perimeter at the dinner venue was too close to the innermost protected area.
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“In an event like this with an open hotel doing business, where it’s resource-constrained, and it’s very difficult to shut down the whole hotel, was the security perimeter compressed too far inside?” Bongino asked. “They’re going to have to go over that and see in the future how much farther they want to push [the perimeter] out.”
Bongino added that, even with strong protection, agents are inherently reacting to threats rather than acting first, which he argued leaves Trump in a dangerous position, as evidenced by what is being called the alleged third public assassination attempt against the president.
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“This has to be the luckiest man on Earth. I mean, you can have the greatest Secret Service in the world, guys, but the hard reality is they’re always reacting. And reacting is always slower than acting.”
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner began at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night before it was interrupted by gunfire. Cole Allen, a 31-year-old computer scientist from Torrance, California, has been identified by authorities as the suspected shooter.
He was apprehended and has been charged with multiple felonies. The incident led to the evacuation of Trump and several Cabinet members present at the event, and the dinner is set to be rescheduled.
Fox News Digital’s Lindsay Kornick, Peter D’Abrosca and Asra Q. Nomani contributed to this report.
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Kai Trump reveals ‘scary’ medical moment during her trip to Masters Tournament at Augusta National
Kai Trump, the granddaughter of President Donald Trump, revealed a “scary” medical moment that occurred while she was attending the Masters Tournament earlier this month in a new vlog.
The future University of Miami golfer traveled to Augusta National Golf Club to take in the first major of the year, but the trip to Georgia hit a speed bump after she had an allergic reaction to a hand soap she used on her face.
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“I was using hand soap on my face, when I was at Augusta, to wash off my makeup and I started getting these bumps on my neck,” she said in the vlog.
The 18-year-old had to get medical attention, ultimately receiving a steroid shot to counteract the allergic reaction.
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“Now, I don’t have a rash anymore, but I had an allergic reaction to the hand soap on my face,” she said.
“I have very sensitive skin. It was so, so scary.”
Once the rash was put to rest, Kai appeared to enjoy her weekend at Augusta. She posed for a photo she shared on Instagram with Bryson DeChambeau, a supporter of her grandfather and fellow YouTuber, and his caddie, Greg Bodine.
It wasn’t the best week for DeChambeau, though, as he missed the cut at Augusta National after shooting 6-over in his first two days of the tournament.
In the end, Rory McIlroy, who finally completed the career Grand Slam last year at the Masters, retained the green jacket with a second-straight win. He finished one shot ahead of Scottie Scheffler, who finished 11-under for the week after going 4-under in his final round on Sunday.
Russell Henley, Cam Young, Tyrell Hatton and Justin Rose, who lost to McIlroy in a playoff at last year’s Masters, all finished tied for third place at 10-under.
Kai is currently scheduled to enroll at the University of Miami later this fall, where she intends to play for the women’s golf team. She is a high school senior at The Benjamin School in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.. She discussed her upcoming senior prom in her latest vlog.
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Brittany Mahomes goes cowgirl while dragging Patrick Mahomes out to Stagecoach
Brittany Mahomes did not go to war against “mom butt” roughly a year and a half ago just to sit at home on Friday night during the offseason. Not when she could be spending it at the Stagecoach music festival.
The 30-year-old didn’t face that battle head on to attend the country music festival quietly either. Nobody would. That’s why when she was presented with an opportunity to dress up as a cowgirl and post it on social media, she took it, and you can’t blame her.
As Brittany has explained before, life as an NFL WAG who turned that into an appearance on a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover isn’t as easy as it sounds. There’s a lot that goes into being the wife of Patrick Mahomes.
“I think being the significant other to an NFL player is an incredibly hard role, and we take on a lot of important stuff behind the scenes that people don’t get to see,” Brittany told Sports Illustrated in February. “We also get to enjoy life and do things that we love, too.”
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Sure, a $450 million-plus extension helps. The trips to the Super Bowl are nice, but so is being able to dive into some fashion for a music festival during the offseason and letting everyone know what winning that mom butt battle looks like.
This is a veteran move from Brittany Mahomes. The move of someone who is entering a decade in the league. It goes by fast and she’s seen it all. Take the wins where you can get them. Taking advantage of these moments by letting the haters know you haven’t lost a step is all part of the game.
So is dragging Patrick out to the festival while he continues his recovery from a torn ACL and LCL in his left knee. The Chiefs quarterback wants to be ready to go by Week 1 of the upcoming season. That’s the goal, and hanging out at a country music festival in cowboy boots can only help.
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