[Cheonji Daily Washington = Reporter Eloise Lee], July 14 —
President Biden and Vice President Harris received an updated briefing in the Situation Room from homeland security and law enforcement officials on Sunday morning, following the attempt on Donald Trump's life yesterday at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
A photo was released by the White House on their official X platform, formerly Twitter, showing Biden and Harris receiving the urgent briefing. It has been viewed 962,400 times since being posted.
In attendance were the following officials:
Attorney General Merrick Garland, Department of Justice
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Department of Homeland Security
Christopher Wray, FBI Director
Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President & National Security Advisor
Liz Sherwood-Randall, Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor
Ronald Rowe, Deputy Director of the U.S. Secret Service
Kim Cheatle, Director of United States Secret Service (virtual)
Biden announced today that he will give remarks from the Oval Office to address the nation at 8PM local time.