Overview
- Press secretary Karoline Leavitt, speaking Monday, said comparisons of President Trump to Hitler and labels like “fascist” fuel violence, naming Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
- Federal prosecutors charged Cole Tomas Allen with attempting to assassinate the president following Saturday’s attack at the Washington Hilton, where a Secret Service officer survived a gunshot thanks to a vest and President Trump was unhurt.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said investigators believe a Secret Service agent fired five shots and that Allen discharged a shotgun at least once, with no confirmation yet on whose round hit the officer.
- News reports say the suspect apparently wrote a manifesto that described plans to target Trump and high-level cabinet officials, which investigators are analyzing along with recovered devices.
- Critics pointed to Vice President J.D. Vance’s 2016 message mulling whether Trump could be “America’s Hitler,” and Markey rejected blame as he defended calling Trump authoritarian, underscoring a sharp partisan fight over rhetoric.