The Secret Service has opened roughly 10,000 investigations into threats against President Donald Trump and other senior US officials so far this year, director Sean Curran said in Washington on Wednesday, as new details emerged of how an alleged gunman mocked 'insane' security gaps in a manifesto minutes before trying to attack Trump at April's White House Correspondents' Dinner.
For context, the black‑tie dinner at the Washington Hilton on 25 April was cut short after authorities say suspect Cole Allen stormed a Secret Service checkpoint armed with two guns and four knives and intent on killing Trump and as many cabinet members as possible. The event, a staple of the US political calendar, was postponed and is now due to take place on Friday at a different venue under tightened security.
