President Biden is getting a Sunday briefing about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump from top officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle.
Vice President Kamala Harris attended the briefing in the Situation Room, which included Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, according to the White House.
Major staff members also attended.
The FBI said Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, opened fire on Mr. Trump at a Saturday rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, from the rooftop of a building less than 150 yards from the event stage while Mr. Trump was speaking.
The president was hit in the ear but is doing fine and plans to attend the Republican National Convention this week.
One rally attendee was killed and two others were critically injured, the Secret Service said. The gunman was quickly shot and killed by agents.
Mr. Biden rushed back to the White House from his home in Delaware late Saturday. He had a brief call with Mr. Trump that was described as brief and respectful.
“We cannot allow this to be happening,” Mr. Biden said in a separate address to the nation late Saturday. “The idea that there’s violence in America like this is just unheard of.”
• Tom Howell Jr. can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.
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