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Jeanine Pirro: “Apparently the defendant...had been casing the hotel while…”

Featuring: Jeanine Pirro, Republican | United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | National

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FULL INTERVIEW: Jeanine Pirro Discusses White House Correspondents Dinner Shooting Suspect, Evidence

Published | Video Starts at 02:40

The suspect runs out, charging through the dinner with a rifle in his hand. What exactly happened there and what's on the other side of those doors? Well, Apparently the defendant...had been casing the hotel while he was in the hotel. We have video, and you will see that because we've been very transparent with the evidence. But he goes into that room to take off a long coat that he has on. (02:40–02:47)

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Asserts that the defendant was surveilling the hotel prior to the incident.

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