Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream to discuss the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night.
Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, stormed the lobby of the Washington Hilton on Saturday night and opened fire. President Trump, First Lady Melania, Vance, and others were safely evacuated as the Secret Service took Allen into custody.
Blanche weighed in on the shooting on Sunday morning.
“Let me ask you where we are in this investigation?” Bream asked.
“Do we know anything more about ideology, motive, if he was working alone?” Bream asked.
“Law enforcement, you are right, executed multiple search warrants last night, not only in Los Angeles, but also in Washington DC,” Blanche said.
“What we have learned and what they’ve learned just overnight is that it appears he traveled from Los Angeles through Chicago, to Washington DC, and it appears he traveled by train both during both legs of that trip,” Blanche said.
“The investigation is rapidly developing, and I expect by the time formal charges are filed, which will likely be tomorrow morning, we will have a better sense of what happened,” Blanche continued.
“It appears he was targeting members of the administration, but I say that generally because that is all we know right now,” Blanche explained.
“There are reports that he quote, ‘told law enforcement following his arrest that he did want to shoot Trump administration officials.’ Can you speak to that specifically?” Bream asked.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
