What's in the "manifesto" of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect

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What's in the "manifesto" of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect

The White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect wrote a "manifesto" that stated he planned to target Trump administration officials, "prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest," according to …

The White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect wrote a "manifesto" that stated he planned to target Trump administration officials, "prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest," according to a copy obtained by CBS News. Cole Allen , 31, wrote that law enforcement, hotel employees and guests weren't his intended targets but that he would still attack them to get to the administration, adding: "I really hope it doesn't come to that." Allen charged a security checkpoint outside the dinner, armed with a shotgun, a handgun and knives, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. Mr. Trump and other administration officials were quickly escorted out of the event, which was canceled shortly thereafter. Law enforcement sources told CBS News that Allen's brother, alarmed by the email he and other family members received, called police in Connecticut to alert them Saturday night. Authorities said they found other writings at his home in Torrance, California, and in his 10th-floor hotel room at the Washington Hilton Hotel, where the dinner was being held. "I may have given a lot of people a surprise today" Throughout the email, his tone was matter-of-fact, and at times ironic. "Hello everybody!" Allen wrote. "So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today." "I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specifying it was for 'Most Wanted,'" he wrote. …

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