Overview
- The Justice Department released a six-minute video that shows the suspect firing at a Secret Service officer as he runs through a hotel checkpoint toward the Correspondents’ Dinner.
- The footage also shows him scouting the Washington Hilton the day before the attack.
- Prosecutors say he prepared in advance, checking websites that tracked President Trump’s location, taking a weapons selfie in his room, and scheduling emails to explain his actions.
- During Saturday’s dinner, agents returned fire at the checkpoint and subdued him alive, and one officer was struck in a ballistic vest with no evidence of friendly fire.
- He now faces federal charges for attempting to assassinate the president, transporting a firearm and ammunition across states to commit a felony, and firing during a violent crime, and prosecutors are seeking pretrial detention.