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Trump Says Wounded Guardsman Andrew Wolfe Got Up From Bed After D.C. Ambush

Authorities have charged Afghan evacuee Rahmanullah Lakanwal with federal first-degree murder in the downtown attack.

Overview

  • Trump told a Pennsylvania rally that Wolfe had risen from bed and previously moved a finger, though he has not yet spoken.
  • Wolfe has remained in critical care since the Nov. 26 shooting, according to reporting on his condition.
  • The ambush near Farragut West, blocks from the White House, killed Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically wounded Wolfe, 24.
  • Prosecutors say 29-year-old Lakanwal was apprehended at the scene and faces first-degree murder along with assault and firearms charges.
  • Both soldiers were members of the West Virginia National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., when they were attacked.