{"text":[[{"start":9.85,"text":"The alleged shooter accused of opening fire at Saturday’s White House correspondents’ dinner has been charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump. "}],[{"start":20.299999999999997,"text":"The Department of Justice also charged 31-year-old Cole Allen of California with discharging a firearm during a violent crime and transporting a firearm across states with the intent to commit a felony, according to a complaint unsealed on Monday."}],[{"start":35.199999999999996,"text":"Trump was rushed off the stage at the annual black-tie gala in Washington when Allen, who prosecutors said was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and at least three knives, rushed the doors to the ballroom where the event was taking place. "}],[{"start":48.89999999999999,"text":"Allen did not enter the ballroom but is believed to have fired a gunshot and was arrested. A US Secret Service agent was shot in the chest but has been released from hospital. "}],[{"start":58.24999999999999,"text":"Allen, who wrote in a manifesto recovered by investigators that he intended to target Trump and other senior administration officials, according to court documents, made his first appearance in federal court on Monday and is set to attend a detention hearing on Thursday. He remains in custody and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison."}],[{"start":77.89999999999999,"text":"Jeanine Pirro, US attorney for the District of Columbia, on Monday said more charges will follow."}],[{"start":83.85,"text":"Acting attorney-general Todd Blanche said: “Violence has no place in civic life. It cannot and will not be used to disrupt democratic institutions or intimidate those who serve them and it certainly cannot continue to be used against the president of the United States.”"}],[{"start":100.89999999999999,"text":"The White House sought to blame Trump’s critics for fuelling violence against the president while playing down questions about whether the Secret Service is up to the job of protecting him."}],[{"start":111.55,"text":"“Nobody in recent years has faced more bullets and more violence than President Trump,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday. "}],[{"start":119.85,"text":"She said attempts to assassinate Trump in recent years stemmed “from a systemic demonisation of him and his supporters” by Democratic Party politicians, commentators and the mainstream media."}],[{"start":131,"text":"Trump also lashed out at his critics, calling for ABC’s late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel to be fired after the comedian said first lady Melania Trump looked like an “expectant widow” in a monologue that aired days before the shooting."}],[{"start":145.05,"text":"“I appreciate that so many people are incensed by Kimmel’s despicable call to violence, and normally would not be responsive to anything that he said but, this is something far beyond the pale,” Trump said in a post to his Truth Social platform."}],[{"start":159.55,"text":"Blanche hit out at the press during Monday’s press conference, telling reporters: “When you have media just being overly critical and calling the president horrible names for no reason and without evidence, without proof, it shouldn’t surprise us that this type of rhetoric takes place.” "}],[{"start":175.4,"text":"The White House has repeatedly praised the Secret Service, the federal law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the president and top government officials, for its swift response on Saturday night. "}],[{"start":187.65,"text":"But the service has come under pressure for failing to prevent the latest attempt on the president’s life and for not securing the high-profile Washington event attended not only by the president but also the first lady, vice-president JD Vance, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and several top cabinet officials. "}],[{"start":206.05,"text":"Leavitt on Monday insisted Trump continued to have “trust” in the Secret Service. But she also confirmed that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles would convene a meeting in the coming days with Department of Homeland Security and Secret Service officials, as well as senior White House staff, to “ensure the safety and security of the president”."}],[{"start":226.55,"text":"She added it was not “out of the question” that security protocols could change in the wake of the shooting."}],[{"start":232.05,"text":"A lawyer representing Allen did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "}],[{"start":245.8,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1777346318_8610.mp3"}