Dinner attendees ducked below tablesrevealed at 01:55 BST
Daniel Bush
Washington correspondent, on the dinner
There is widespread confusion contained in the ballroom on the White
House Correspondents Dinner right here tonight after a safety incident interrupted
this system a couple of minutes in the past.
Dinner attendees ducked below tables as what gave the impression of gunshots
rang out someplace close by the ballroom the place the dinner is going down on the
Washington Hilton.
President Donald Trump was rapidly escorted out of the room by
secret service brokers. Soon after, senior administration officers together with
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth have been additionally escorted out by their safety
safety particulars.
After a chaotic few moments dinner visitors emerged from beneath
dinner tables and began taking inventory of the scenario.
This is the primary safety breach on the dinner in current reminiscence,
if ever. It was additionally the primary time Trump attended the occasion as sitting
president.
