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He was stopped one floor above where the event was being held.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is defending the Secret Service for their work.
While Blanche defended the security precautions, he did say this event is evidence President Trump's White House ballroom should be built.
This event, however, was put on and hosted by the Correspondents Association, so it would not be held at the White House regardless.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is being directed to also consider electrocution and lethal gas as methods of execution.
The DOJ announced these and other changes that officials say are meant to strengthen the federal death penalty and to speed the process up.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch has already authorized prosecutors to seek death sentences for nine people.
The Biden administration put a pause on federal executions during his time in office, but Trump ran on a promise to restart the death penalty for federal offenses.
The DOJ plans to make other policy and rule changes in the coming months that the agency says will further streamline the process for seeking death sentences.
A grand jury in Alabama indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for years of alleged fraud.
The civil rights group is facing charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch says the organization paid informants to infiltrate hate and extremist groups, and that includes groups like the KKK.
Blanch said the group then used banks to hide these payments.
The Southern Poverty Law Center's interim CEO, Brian Kerr, says the group is being targeted by the Trump administration, and it plans to defend itself from the accusation.
The Justice Department says the investigation into the nonprofit is ongoing.
A grand jury in Alabama indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for years of alleged fraud.
The civil rights group is facing charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.