Who shot a Secret Service officer at the Trump press dinner?
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Who shot a Secret Service officer at the Trump press dinner?7 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleKayla EpsteinRoll Call via Getty ImagesNearly a week after a suspect allegedly tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at a press gala, key details about the shooting remain unclear.As the investigation has evolved, prosecutors' statements have changed on whether the suspect shot a US Secret Service officer as gunfire rang out at the Washington Hilton last Saturday.The president and other top officials have said a Secret Service officer was shot as the attacker charged a security checkpoint at the hotel, and survived thanks to a bulletproof vest.But court documents filed by government attorneys do not explicitly allege the accused shot an officer on the night of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.The Secret Service officer also fired five times on the suspect as he charged, authorities said, but did not strike him.CCTV appears to capture moment of gunfire at Washington correspondents' dinner"There's this insatiable public interest in the case, pressure to get information out to the public," Mark Lesko, a former US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, told the BBC."But on the other hand, you want to conduct a thorough investigation, which could take weeks in a case like this."It was understandable that law enforcement could make contradictory public statements in the heat of such a high-profile investigation, Lesko said.But any inaccuracies could open the door for defence attorneys to poke holes in the case, he warned.The BBC has contacted the justice department for comment.The Secret Service and US Attorney's office for the District of Columbia declined to comment.The public first learned from Trump that a Secret Service Officer had been shot.He told reporters at a Saturday news conference that the agent "was shot from very close distance with a very powerful gun".Trump jokes...




