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How a Trump Event Shooting Unfolded

The gunman had written a “manifesto,” the president said, before trying to enter a dinner in Washington for the White House press corps.

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Donald Trump has survived two attempts on his life in three years, one of them an extremely close call when a bullet grazed his ear. On Saturday, a gunman appears to have targeted him again.

The attack has put the spotlight back on a worrying rise in political violence in the United States. The gunman is in custody. Investigators are still trying to piece together the motive for his attack. We have more for you below.

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President Trump spoke to the press after the shooting on Saturday.

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Trump officials were ‘likely’ targets of shooting

The armed man who rushed an event attended by President Trump sent messages denouncing the administration and laying out a plan to take violent action, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

Trump said the gunman had written a “manifesto” before trying to enter a dinner event for the White House press corps in Washington on Saturday, but did not give details. The acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, said a preliminary review of the evidence had indicated that members of the administration, “likely including the president,” were the targets.

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