WEBVTT - Assassination Attempt Fallout 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:01.720 All right, we have some breaking news. 0:00:01.720 --> 0:00:02.200 Any moment. 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:05.800 We expect a DOJ update on the White House Correspondence 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:09.480 dinner shooting. We have a lot of different angles we 0:00:09.560 --> 0:00:12.040 have to get to today, not the least of which 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.600 I don't really care about the manifesto of a lunatic, 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:19.320 except that it reveals two specific things that I think 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:22.640 we've got to pay attention to. One, you can tell 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:26.479 by the ramblings, the rantings, and the ravings of this 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:33.519 individual that he is somebody that has been greatly influenced 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:38.720 by the incendiary, radicalized rhetoric of the left. I mean, 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:43.320 you can really kind of almost sum it up into Nazi, fascist, 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:47.280 racist Gestapo, because that's what we've heard. That's all we 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:50.440 ever hear. That was Kamala Harris's closing arguments, and we've 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.960 heard it every day ever since. And they are never 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:59.040 held accountable for all of this. Now, I did say 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:03.160 this last week, were repeated. I've never been to a 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:07.160 White House Correspondence dinner, was not at this one, and 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:12.520 my record remains intact. And it's very simple. I'm not 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.120 particularly fond of other people in the media, and I 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:17.600 know they're not fond of me, and I don't hold 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:22.479 back in my criticisms of them and the few interactions 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:24.520 that I've had I have had over the years at 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:28.480 like MEDII parties. I mean, they mostly hate me. I mean, 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:30.560 let's be blunt, and I don't particularly I'm not that 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:32.640 fond of them. I don't really want to hang out 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:35.399 with them. I don't consider that a fun night. Well, 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:38.679 this is historic. Donald Trump was gonna go. I can 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:42.600 tell you because I spoke to the President. This would 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:45.840 have been a speech for the ages. It would have 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:48.960 been a roast for the ages, and I think it 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:51.480 would have been phenomenal. It's said all the things that 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:55.280 obviously happened. My first comments out of the box is 0:01:56.160 --> 0:02:01.280 while I wasn't there, immediately, I texted the President and 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:06.000 within two three minutes when he got into the holding room, 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:09.440 which was at the hotel, he called me after I 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.880 had texted him, and I got to be part of 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:17.480 and got to listen to a lot of the deliberations 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:21.160 surrounding what the President was going to do next. The 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:26.080 President could not be more This guy is ice in 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:28.200 his veins when it comes to moments like this. A 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:31.160 lot of people I don't know. I would imagine if 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:34.080 most of you had a moment like this in your life, 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:38.120 You're adrenaline would be pumping, and you would be you 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.600 might be a little bit upset by it. But he wasn't, 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:46.240 not even a little in a way that was not 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:50.560 at all inappropriate. If I can explain that the right way. 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:53.560 He was even a times joking, Well, I saved a 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:56.760 lot of people's lives. You know, he was trying to 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:59.480 make light of it. I think, just kind of relieving 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.960 some of the of the moment was my interpretation. And 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:06.720 we got to hear the deliberations, and then pretty early 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:10.840 on in that discussion, he asked me what I thought, 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:15.320 and and he was the one, a lone voice that 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:18.040 was being adamant, No, we're going back out. We're gonna 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:20.720 go back out, and I'm gonna give this speech and 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:25.960 that's it. And then when i've when you speak to 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.040 this president in particular, and I've known him for thirty years, 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:34.240 you have to get the guy's attention, you just can't say, uh, sir, 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:39.600 I think that, No, it doesn't fly. And so in 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:45.000 a very very direct, firm tone, I said, sir, we've 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:49.880 been friends for thirty years. You absolutely positively you can't 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:53.080 leave him wiggle room, cannot go back in that room. 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:56.520 As of this moment. We don't know if this is 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.480 a loan shooter. We don't know if there's a grand 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:02.200 or conspira. We don't know if this gun's planted in 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:05.080 that room. And by the time they would sweep the room, 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:09.280 we don't know how long that would take, probably five 0:04:09.720 --> 0:04:12.120 ten hours on the on the short side of it. 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:17.720 And at that point that was kind of like the 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:21.120 moment where he said, well, I can go back to 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.520 the White House and speak and then I'm going to 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.760 reschedule right well, at the top of his head, I 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:29.279 think it should be less. I think within the month. 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:33.320 And that's what he ended up coming up with the idea. 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:35.720 He ended up suggesting it. He ended up saying it. 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:37.200 I heard the deliberations. 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:38.360 There were some. 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:40.640 People around him that like, yes, sir, whatever he want, sir. 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:44.880 I'm like, no, no, bad advice, not good advice. But 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:47.000 I know everyone's trying to do their best in a 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:52.720 hard situation. And that's it. Here's where. And I did 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:54.719 relay the story and then I was able to talk 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:58.599 with people high ranking officials in the FBI. I was 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.360 I knew very early that the secret Service agent had 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.920 been shot. We still don't know who shot that agent. 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.800 Some have suggested it might be friendly fire in the 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:10.160 end it maybe I don't know. I'm assuming it was 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:15.400 this lunatic that was responsible for it. However, we don't 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:20.039 know for sure. Maybe when this DOJ presser begins any minute, 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:22.240 they have the guns that were used, and there were 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:24.960 numerous weapons that this guy had with him at the time. 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:29.360 Here's my problem with all of this, and it's first, 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:32.120 I have to commend all of the brave men and 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:36.560 women in the Secret Service that acted so quickly in 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:40.160 the moment, and they were there in mass They were 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.200 there to protect cabinet officials, they were there to protect 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.960 the president, the vice president. I'm not sure how the 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.320 vice president got off the day as five seconds ahead 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:51.800 of the president. I would think the first the first 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.359 thought is to get him and the first lady off 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:58.400 of that day as quickly and anyway, so I know 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:01.320 everyone's doing their level best. Those people will all and 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.640 I've met them. They are the Krem de la Crem. 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:07.159 They are the best of the best. These are people 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:09.240 that will take a bullet for the president. I have 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:14.240 nothing but deep admiration for them. This is the third time, however, 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:17.320 that this has happened, and we have got to have 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:21.479 a deep, deep dive into what is going wrong. And 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:24.919 I can tell you what's going wrong now. In the 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:29.400 incident in Butler where the President came within a millimeter 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:33.000 of losing his life, what did we learn that somehow 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:37.320 one hundred and thirty yards away from where Donald Trump 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:41.919 was to be speaking. Well, this is Todd Blanche, Janine Piro, 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:45.599 Cash Bettel, take it to the podium. Let's listen in. 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:48.680 Lots of additions, some of them great, some of them 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:49.800 not so great over the years. 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.360 But here's Todd Blanche, the acting Attorney Generalists, listen in 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:53.599 and we'll get your thoughts on the other. 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:56.560 Side of government, the ability of a free press and 0:06:56.640 --> 0:07:00.359 public officials to come together in celebration and not fear. 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.560 The Act was stopped because of the courage. 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:05.600 And it was excuse me. 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.320 That act, that horrible act was stopped because of the 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:13.520 courage and professionalism of law enforcement, the officers who responded 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:17.680 without hesitation and did their jobs as they were trained 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:23.400 to do. Secret Service agents promptly tackled and detained the suspect. 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:30.040 Cole Thomas Allen, the President and all the protectees and 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:35.560 participants at the dinner were safe. One brave officer was 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:39.480 injured and is receiving care and has been released from 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:45.800 the hospital. I want to make this clear. This man 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:50.680 was a floor above the ballroom, with hundreds of federal 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:54.680 agents between him and the President. 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:55.280 Of the United States. 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.960 The Department of Justice approaches incidents like this with urgent 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.880 see and clarity of purpose. 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:07.480 Violence has no place in civic life. 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:11.760 It cannot and will not be used to disrupt democratic 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:15.800 institutions or intimidate those who serve them, and it certainly 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.640 cannot continue to be used against the President of the 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:24.640 United States. We are investigating this matter fully. We will 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:28.520 apply the law fairly, and we will ensure that accountability 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:33.760 is swift and certain. But we also should recognize what 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:38.880 did not happen. Law enforcement did not fail. They did 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.920 exactly what they are trained to do. This was not 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:44.920 an accident. It was the result, as we know now, 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:50.120 of preparation. But the men and women who protected us 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:54.720 that night were trained, professional, and had an enduring commitment 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:59.400 to the rule of law. Today, the Department of Justice 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:03.120 filed three federal charges in the United States different court 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:07.640 against Cole Thomas Allen. The first count is a tempted 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:11.920 assassination of the President of the United States. This count 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:15.679 is punishable by up to life in prison. The second 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.760 count is interstate transportation of a firearm to commit a felony. 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.120 This is punishable by up to ten years in prison. 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.680 And the third count is discharge of a firearm during 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:28.800 a crime of violence, which is punishable by a mandatory 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:32.480 minimum term of imprisonment of ten years a maximum of life, 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:37.800 and the ten years is consecutive to any other sentence imposed. 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:43.360 Just to go through very quickly the timeline which many 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:47.680 of you in this room already know, the defendant Allen 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:50.960 made a hotel reservation at the Washington Hilton for April 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:56.520 twenty fourth through April twenty sixth. On April twenty first 0:09:56.840 --> 0:10:00.720 of this year, he traveled by train from Los Angeles 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:04.520 to Chicago and then from Chicago to Washington, d C. 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:09.520 On April twenty fourth, he arrived in Washington, d C. 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:12.800 At approximately one o'clock in the afternoon and checked into 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:18.679 the Washington Hilton approximately at eight point forty On the 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:22.920 night of April twenty fifth, Alan approached a security checkpoint 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:25.880 on the terrace level of the hotel, which is again 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.600 a floor above where the dinner was taking place. He 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:32.920 ran through the magnam matter, holding a long gun. As 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:36.120 he did so, US Secret Service personnel assigned to the 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:41.440 checkpoint heard a loud gun shot. One Secret Service officer 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.199 was shot in the chest, but was wearing a ballistic 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:49.720 vest that worked. This heroic officer who was hit fired 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:52.880 five times at Alan, who was not shot, but fell 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:58.920 to the ground and was promptly arrested. I want to 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:04.720 thank everybody who worked tirelessly on Saturday, Sunday and continuing today. 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:08.199 This includes members of the FBI and Director Portel is 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:11.840 going to address that in a minute. It includes members 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:15.480 of the Metropolitan Police Department who were immediately on the scene, 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.520 the chief, the mayor to make sure that law enforcement 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:21.120 was available to do their jobs and had all the 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:24.440 tools they needed to do so. And lastly, the United 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.679 States Attorney's Office here in d c our US Attorney 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:31.319 Janine Piro and her team a prosecutor stayed up all 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:35.680 night long, didn't sleep all day yesterday, making sure that 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:37.760 we got what we needed from all over the country. 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:41.760 It included search warrants in California, search warrants here in DC, 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:46.040 multiple interviews that have been conducted already of witnesses and 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:50.760 of family members of the charge individual, and continue to 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:55.520 work hard today. This investigation is ongoing, it's not complete. 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.600 A lot of the information that the media is hearing 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:02.600 through leaks horses. Some of it is true, some of 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:04.880 it is not true, and at the right time, you 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:08.679 will hear information from us as appropriate. I'd like to 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.480 ask our US Attorney Jeanine Piro to say a few words, 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:18.800 and then followed by Director Patel, thank you, Thank. 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:22.679 You, mister Attorney General Cole Allens. 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.040 All right, this is the DOJ update on the White 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:30.199 House Corents correspondence dinner shooting. We will stay with our 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.319 coverage for stations along the Sean Hennity Show radio network. 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:38.440 In the criminal justice system starts today. Todd Blanche just 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:43.440 indicated to you the charges. Those charges are only three 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:47.400 charges that are in the complaint that has been presented 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:50.920 in Federal District Court about an hour ago. There will 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:55.880 be additional charges as this investigation continues to unfold. But 0:12:56.760 --> 0:13:01.480 make no mistake, this was and attempted assassination of the 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:05.760 President of the United States, with the defendant making clear 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:09.520 what his intent was, and that intent was to bring 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:13.880 down as many of the high ranking cabinet officials as 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:18.080 he could. This is the kind of situation that we 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:22.400 cannot tolerate, and as the Attorney General is just indicated, 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:27.000 it could have been so much worse but for the 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:31.280 reality that we had the Secret Service as well as 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:36.840 the Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI. Now the facts 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:40.920 make it very clear what this intent was. You may 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:43.440 recall that it was on March second that the President 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:47.280 indicated that he would be attending this public event at 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:53.320 the Hilton, and on April sixth, that's when Cole Allen 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:57.880 first made a hotel reservation at the Washington Hilton for 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.800 three nights, the twenty fourth, two, twenty fifth, and the 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:05.160 twenty sixth. It was on April twenty first that he 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:09.560 traveled all the way from the West Coast from home 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:13.800 from his home near la He gets to Chicago on 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:17.840 April twenty third, and has been indicated he arrives in 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.760 DC on the twenty fourth, and he checks into the 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:27.200 hotel at about three pm. He stays overnight. He is 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:31.000 very much aware that the President and the First Lady 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:35.360 entered the ballroom at eight pm and it was at 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:39.920 eight forty that he made a decision to rush the ballroom, 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:45.360 and thank goodness, law enforcement the Secret Service was able 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:49.160 to prevent him from getting into that ballroom. He was 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:53.720 not injured other than some kind of scrape on his knee. Now, 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:58.920 as indicated, these are the weapons that the defendant had 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.640 on his person. You can see that's a twelve game 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:06.600 pump action Mosburg shotgun to thirty eight semi automatic. He 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:10.000 had at least three knives and all kinds of paraphernalia. 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:15.560 So any suggestion that he wasn't there to do harm 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:20.400 is absurd. We will prove when he purchased these guns. 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:25.080 They were purchased in California. Why is that relevant? It 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:29.880 is relevant because he crossed interstate lines with those firearms. 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:33.280 And those are the firearms that he used on the 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.760 night of the twenty fifth, or attempted to use at 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:41.040 the very least. Now, the manifesto also makes clear about 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:44.880 his expected rules of engagement. You know, you can look 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:47.000 at it and read it and it may seem kind 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:49.880 of la la la. But at the end, make no mistake, 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:55.160 he says, I am targeting the administration officials. They are 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:59.080 my targets and I'm prioritizing from the top down, the 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:03.440 highest rank from the lowest, and I will not hesitate 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.680 to get involved in any kind of encounter with anyone 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:11.600 who blocks me from the President. Now, finally, let me 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:15.680 say one thing. Within days of the President nominating me 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:18.920 to be the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.480 I was at the scene of a double homicide where 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:26.800 one Elias Rodriguez cross state lines from Chicago with a 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:30.680 firearm to commit a felony in the district. He's now 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:34.680 indicted for the murder of two individuals, Lauren Leshinsky and 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:40.120 Sarah Milgram here in Washington. Not long after that, another individual, 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:44.880 Ramanella Lock andmall cross state lines again with a firearm 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:48.760 with intent to commit a felony here in Washington. He 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:52.520 traveled from the state of Washington. He is now indicted 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:56.800 with the murder of Sarah Bextram, National guardsman and the 0:16:56.840 --> 0:17:01.200 attempted murder of National Guard Andrew Wolf. Today we have 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:06.280 Cole Allen, another individual charge with crossing state lines coming 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:09.800 from California with a firearm with the intent to commit 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:13.199 a felony here in the district. Let this be a 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:17.840 message to anyone who thinks that Washington, DC is the 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:21.520 place to act out political violence, And if you are 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:25.040 willing to do so with a firearm and cross state lines, 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.960 we will find you. We will track your steps from 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:32.239 the inception of your plan, and we will prosecute you 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:35.840 to the fullest extent of the law. Washington, DC is 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:38.480 not the place to travel to commit acts of violence. 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:42.520 The Constitution and the laws of the United States permit 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:46.480 us to register our views through our voices and our votes. 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:51.040 What they don't permit is making your views known through violence, 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:55.640 especially violence directed at the President of the United States. 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.880 This is anti democratic at its core. 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:08.639 Thank you, judge, excuse me, thank you, General. This one 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:12.760 hits a little differently. We were all there. Many of 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:15.800 you were there. Many of you watching were there as well. 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:18.920 The President was there, the Vice President was there, the 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:23.439 Cabinet was there, and what you saw described by the 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:27.920 General and the US Attorney is absolutely true. The President 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:31.120 spoke on late Saturday evening with the message of unity 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:34.199 and the backing of law enforcement, and we have followed 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:36.840 through on that message of unity and the effectuation of 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:40.840 law enforcement across this country. This FBI is grateful to 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:43.600 the United States Secret Service the Department of Homeland Security, 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:46.840 and our interagency partners, including the Metropolitan Police Department, for 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:50.160 swiftly jumping into action. All of us on there put 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:52.760 us in a unique position, but all of us also 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:57.919 acted uniquely. The Washington Field Office jumped into action immediately, 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:00.840 sending a mobile command center to the scene, along with 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:04.960 our Evidence Response technicians who showed up in speedy fashion 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:07.439 to make sure we could collect the evidence that the 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:10.560 prosecutors in the Department needed to make this announcement today. 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:14.200 Also on scene, you were told about the brave heroics 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:16.480 of the United States Secret Service and other members of 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:20.840 law enforcement, and that should be celebrated by every single American. 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:24.120 They did exactly what they were trained to do. They 0:19:24.200 --> 0:19:28.480 stopped a massive attack from becoming even worse. They stood 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:31.239 in the way, they safeguarded America, and they should be 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:33.960 nothing but applauded for their bravery and their dedication to 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:38.080 their mission and their selfish sacrifice to this country. The FBI, 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:41.440 along with standing up mobile command units, Evidence Tech Response Team, 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:45.120 and Washington SWAT on scene, also established our NC three, 0:19:45.480 --> 0:19:49.440 our National Crisis Coordination Center. Almost immediately, and almost immediately 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:51.439 in parallel, we stood up our command Center at the 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:57.160 Washington Field Office under Adak Darren Cox's leadership. Throughout the evening, 0:19:57.359 --> 0:20:00.600 we immediately began working with our Department of Justice partners 0:20:00.680 --> 0:20:04.199 to find the evidence necessary to fectuate the legal process 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:07.960 necessary and enter into the suspects room at the Washington 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:11.879 Hilton successfully and lawfully and obtain the relevant evidence for 0:20:11.920 --> 0:20:14.520 exploitation that was on scene. 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:16.199 Back at the Headquarters. 0:20:15.640 --> 0:20:19.760 Division in the Washington Field Office, we were coordinating a 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:24.080 national scale investigation that literally expanded from coast to coast. 0:20:24.520 --> 0:20:27.040 As you heard, FBI agents along with the interagency were 0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:30.240 immediately dispatched to the suspect's home in California, where we 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:34.719 conducted interviews that provided critical information about this horrific attack. 0:20:35.080 --> 0:20:38.919 We also dispatched investigators and agents to New London, Connecticut, 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:42.520 where we conducted further interviews that provided necessary information that 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:44.800 you will find in this criminal complaint, as the United 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:48.000 States Attorney has just laid out. While officers were working 0:20:48.040 --> 0:20:50.760 diligently through the night to conduct those interviews, we were 0:20:50.760 --> 0:20:55.000 also conducting interviews of witnesses on scene. Those interviews are ongoing. 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:57.600 As you know, there was almost two thousand people there. 0:20:57.800 --> 0:21:00.760 We were sifting through and prioritizing who to talk to, 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:03.480 and we will get to each and every one of 0:21:03.480 --> 0:21:06.520 you with any bit of relevant information. Again, we ask 0:21:06.600 --> 0:21:09.199 everybody who has any relevant information, like I did on 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:12.240 Saturday night with the President one eight hundred call FBI. 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:15.399 Any piece of information is information we want to have 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:21.000 and must receive. On top of the on scene response 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:23.840 by this FBI, the headquarters response, and the Washington Field 0:21:23.840 --> 0:21:28.520 office response, the FBI flipped on its enterprise wide response 0:21:28.600 --> 0:21:29.720 to this critical incident. 0:21:29.760 --> 0:21:30.400 What does that mean? 0:21:30.680 --> 0:21:33.119 We dispatched fixed wing assets across the country so that 0:21:33.160 --> 0:21:36.000 we could immediately transport evidence that was acquired in California 0:21:36.000 --> 0:21:38.639 and Connecticut and sent it to our laboratories in Quantico 0:21:38.720 --> 0:21:41.760 for analysis. We collected the shellcasings on scene, including the 0:21:41.800 --> 0:21:44.240 firearms and the weapons that the judge talked about. Those 0:21:44.240 --> 0:21:47.640 were also sent to our Quantico laboratories for media analysis. 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:50.480 America should be proud that this FBI acted with the 0:21:50.600 --> 0:21:53.240 urgency that was needed for the moment that we had 0:21:53.240 --> 0:21:56.720 to answer. The President rightly said that we will act 0:21:56.720 --> 0:21:59.119 in a unified fashion. And it's because of President Trump's 0:21:59.160 --> 0:22:01.720 leadership and backing of the blue every single person in 0:22:01.800 --> 0:22:03.359 law enforcement that I stood with. 0:22:03.600 --> 0:22:06.880 We're going to continue our coverage of the DOJ. This 0:22:06.920 --> 0:22:10.800 is Cash Bettel, the FBI Director, the latest details on 0:22:11.040 --> 0:22:15.440 the attempted well the attempted assassination on Saturday night. More 0:22:15.440 --> 0:22:17.280 of our coverage, and then you're we'll get to the 0:22:17.600 --> 0:22:19.120 news of the day and your calls coming. 0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:21.800 Up and say thank you for doing their job, thank 0:22:21.840 --> 0:22:23.879 you for training endlessly to make sure they meet the 0:22:23.880 --> 0:22:26.919 mission requirements. And for me, as a director of the FBI, 0:22:27.040 --> 0:22:29.560 I want to thank our headquarters components. We're working diligently 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:32.760 with our prosecutors and make sure that the American public 0:22:32.800 --> 0:22:34.960 knows it's not just federal agents that do this works. 0:22:35.240 --> 0:22:38.680 It's our intelligence analysts, our support staff, our laboratories, our 0:22:38.680 --> 0:22:41.560 fixed wing assets, our critical incident response groups, our hostage 0:22:41.600 --> 0:22:44.720 rescue teams. Agents sprung into action, got out of bed 0:22:44.960 --> 0:22:48.200 and haven't slept since. These prosecutors haven't slept since, and 0:22:48.240 --> 0:22:50.640 I promise you they're not going to be sleeping. They 0:22:50.640 --> 0:22:53.320 are going to give you every piece of evidence. As 0:22:53.320 --> 0:22:56.800 the journal said, we will make public when appropriate to 0:22:56.840 --> 0:22:59.879 protect the integrity of the investigation, to make sure that 0:23:00.240 --> 0:23:03.360 process is served, and we will meet the highest standards 0:23:03.359 --> 0:23:05.600 of the Constitution as we always do, and that is 0:23:05.600 --> 0:23:08.040 when we will continue to disclose information. I know the 0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:11.720 public has a yearning for information, but just remind yourself 0:23:11.800 --> 0:23:15.280 of how much information you have already received, how transparent 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:18.680 this administration has been. In less than forty eight hours. 0:23:18.920 --> 0:23:21.639 You know almost every single thing we know, and what 0:23:21.680 --> 0:23:23.560 we have not told you yet, we will tell you 0:23:23.600 --> 0:23:26.600 in short order. So once again, from me as Director 0:23:26.600 --> 0:23:28.800 of the FBI, I want to thank the interagency. I 0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:31.000 want to thank the United States Secret Service and their director, 0:23:31.280 --> 0:23:33.920 Mark Waynemullin, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, 0:23:33.960 --> 0:23:37.120 the United States Attorney Piro, and Ada Cox for springing 0:23:37.119 --> 0:23:39.960 into action on a night that should have been celebrating 0:23:40.000 --> 0:23:42.360 free speech. But we will be doing it in shortly, 0:23:42.400 --> 0:23:44.520 as the President said, and we look forward to seeing 0:23:44.520 --> 0:23:45.080 you all there. 0:23:46.240 --> 0:23:50.320 Thanks question pure two questions. 0:23:50.359 --> 0:23:54.560 Please beyond the evidence and what the judge described it 0:23:54.560 --> 0:23:57.679 as the manifesto, what other evidence can you point to 0:23:57.800 --> 0:24:01.480 that tells us that the President was the primary. 0:24:01.040 --> 0:24:05.200 Target of this aspect. So we're a day and a 0:24:05.240 --> 0:24:06.320 half end of the investigation. 0:24:06.800 --> 0:24:10.000 As you, as we talked about earlier, we were able 0:24:10.040 --> 0:24:13.360 to get multiple devices from various locations, the hotel room 0:24:13.680 --> 0:24:17.919 and also his where he lived in California. We have 0:24:18.040 --> 0:24:21.359 started that process. There's nothing more that would be appropriate 0:24:21.400 --> 0:24:26.160