Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel (L) and President Donald Trump (R), speaks during a press briefing at the White House shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington on April 25, 2026. Nathan Howard/Getty Images
President Donald Trump and members of his administration were the likely targets of a suspect who fired on a Secret Service agent at the White House Correspondentsā Association ādinner in Washington Saturday night, U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on NBCās āMeet the Pressā on Sunday.
āIt does appear that he did, in āfact, have set out to target folks āthat work in the administration, likely including the ā president,ā Blanche said.