Biden appeals for "unity" after attempted Trump assassination, orders security review
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Source: AP
Updated 2:36 PM EDT, July 14, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday appealed for the country to “unite as one nation” after Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and said he was ordering an independent security review of the lead-up to the attack.
Biden delivered brief remarks from the White House after receiving a briefing on the investigation in the Situation Room. He said he has directed the probe to be “thorough and swift,” and asked the country not to “make assumptions” about the perpetrator’s motives or affiliations. Biden said he has also directed the U.S. Secret Service to review all security measures for the Republican National Convention which begins Monday in Milwaukee.
Biden plans to deliver extended remarks to the nation Sunday evening in a prime-time address from the Oval Office. Biden said he and Jill Biden were praying for the family of the person killed at the rally. “He was a father,” Biden said. “He was protecting his family from the bullets were being fired. God love him.”
The president said he had a “short but good conversation” with Trump on Saturday evening and that he was sincerely grateful that Trump is “doing well and recovering.” Biden says: “There’s no place in America for this kind of violence, or any violence for that matter.”
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Updated 12:56 PM EDT, July 14, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden will address the nation Sunday afternoon after a Situation Room briefing about the apparent assassination attempt on his predecessor, Donald Trump.
Biden quickly denounced the shooting and talked to Trump in its aftermath. His campaign team, meanwhile, is grappling with how to manage the political implications of an attack on the man Biden hopes to defeat in the November election.
Biden's planned remarks come after homeland security and law enforcement officials briefed the president, and as the White House continued to call for national unity and condemn the stunning act of violence.
Vice President Kamala Harris joined Biden for an update from top investigators, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray. Also participating were White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Kim Cheatle, director of the U.S. Secret Service.
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