The Guardian – Suspect charged after apparent assassination attempt on Trump
The suspect arrested in connection with a second apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump being charged with two gun-related crimes tops The Guardian.
The paper writes phone records showed Routh camped out near a golf course in Florida for about 12 hours before being confronted by a Secret Service agent. The paper reports that the former president is blaming Kamala Harris and Joe Biden for ‘incitement.’
Trump recounts apparent assassination attempt as new details emerge
Donald Trump has given his first detailed account of what he experienced on Sunday during what the FBI has said “appears to be an attempted assassination of the former president”, as authorities revealed new details about the incident at his West Palm Beach golf club.
Trump said he was playing golf with friends, including businessman Steve Witkoff, when he heard gunshots.
“Everything was beautiful, nice place to be, and all of a sudden we heard shots being fired in the air, and – I guess probably four or five – and it sounded like bullets but what do I know about that? But Secret Service knew immediately it was bullets,” Trump told cryptocurrency personality Farokh Sarmad during a livestream on X.
Trump recounts apparent assassination attempt as new details emerge
Donald Trump has given his first detailed account of what he experienced on Sunday during what the FBI has said “appears to be an attempted assassination of the former president”, as authorities revealed new details about the incident at his West Palm Beach golf club.
Trump said he was playing golf with friends, including businessman Steve Witkoff, when he heard gunshots.
“Everything was beautiful, nice place to be, and all of a sudden we heard shots being fired in the air, and – I guess probably four or five – and it sounded like bullets but what do I know about that? But Secret Service knew immediately it was bullets,” Trump told cryptocurrency personality Farokh Sarmad during a livestream on X.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 17 September 2024.
Huw Edwards’s sentencing dominates Tuesday’s newspapers. The front pages react to the former BBC presenter being handed a suspended sentence, meaning he won’t spend a minute in jail. Edwards was given a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years after he admitted charges of making indecent images of children.
Unsurprisingly, the papers react with anger as more details of his crimes emerge. Some of the papers ponder whether Edwards was given a lenient sentence due to his fame.
Elsewhere, there’s a dash of US political news on several papers as America continues to deal with the aftermath of a second assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.