Anti-Trump sentiment being examined as motive for White House press dinner shooting

Investigators are looking into anti-Trump sentiment as being a motive for the attacker who sought to breach the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington DC where the US president and top members of his administration were present. Officials have said that the shooter likely was targeting Donald Trump and other senior administration officials. “We do believe, based upon just a very preliminary start to understanding what happened, that he was targeting members of the administration,” acting US attorney general Todd Blanche said in a TV interview. Backing that up is a manifesto reportedly written by the suspect, who has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California. In the alleged manifesto, which was published in full by the New York Post , Allen created a list of targets for the shooting, ranked from highest to lowest priority, with Trump administration officials at the top. An official familiar with the matter confirmed to the Guardian that the manifesto published by the Post was authentic. The suspected gunman sent writings listing his grievances against the administration to his family members about 10 minutes before shots were fired, according to White House officials who spoke to the Associated Press . A relative, confirmed by those officials to be Allen’s brother, contacted New London, Connecticut, police. …