The shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday has the district on edge as it gears up for a summer of high-profile events marking the country’s 250th anniversary.
The suspect, Cole Allen, accused of running through the dinner’s security checkpoint, shooting a Secret Service officer, and running toward the room where President Donald Trump and other high-profile attendees were gathered, was charged on Monday with attempting to assassinate the president.
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, warned other would-be troublemakers to stay away from the district as a series of events featuring the president puts a spotlight on security concerns.
“Washington, D.C., is not the place to travel to commit acts of violence,” Pirro said on Monday. “The Constitution and the laws of the United States permit us to register our views through our voices and our votes. What they don’t permit
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