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Trump Press Conference Ends Minutes in as Secret Service Agent Escorts President Out
President Donald Trump was just escorted out of the White House press briefing room minutes after he began his press conference. Details are still coming in but it appears Secret Service agents calmly ushered the President out of the room.
The White House reportedly is on lockdown, according to MSNBC.
It appears the White House press corps are not being allowed to leave the room.
“There was a shooting outside of the White House,” Trump says upon returning minutes later. He says reporter John Roberts reported he heard shots. He also says he was taken to the Oval Office, and “law enforcement” shot the suspect.
The President just was ushered from the White House briefing room mid-briefing. I’ve never seen this happen before. Never.
— Phil Elliott (@Philip_Elliott) August 10, 2020
Something really strange just happened during the press conference, a person interrupted the President to inform him of something and the President left the briefing pic.twitter.com/k04ciYPMTd
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 10, 2020
This is a breaking news and developing story. Details may change. This story will be updated.
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