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Karoline Leavitt: “The perpetrator who sought to inflict massive harm, as we…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Apr. 27, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 14:50

Within minutes, the President, the First lady, the Vice president, members of the president's Cabinet were ushered out of the room. The perpetrator who sought to inflict massive harm, as we now know, with the release of the manifesto on administration officials. And the President himself was stopped at the security parameter that was set up. He tried to charge through it, as you saw on video, and he was quickly neutralized by Secret Service. (14:50–14:59)

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Asserts that a manifesto was released regarding the perpetrator's intent to harm administration officials.

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