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Leavitt dismisses 'crazy nonsense' suggesting WHCA dinner shooting was staged
Key takeaways
- President Trump s Justice Department and FBI have done a good job of disseminating facts about this attempted assassin, Leavitt said.
- As far as we re concerned, [we want] to provide maximum transparency, she said.
- Leavitt made the remarks after she was asked about an uptick in posts after the shooting on social media platforms such as X.
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It s very important to us that we get the truth and the facts about this case and any case out there as quickly as possible, to dispel some of that crazy nonsense that you see running rampant online, Leavitt told reporters at the White House on Monday.
President Trump s Justice Department and FBI have done a good job of disseminating facts about this attempted assassin, Leavitt said.
As far as we re concerned, [we want] to provide maximum transparency, she said. And hopefully people will believe the truth instead of the lies and the conspiracies that so often do go crazy on social media.
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