At Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, around 2,600 plates of prime chateaubriand and Maine lobster were waiting to be served when a gunman rushed the Secret Service checkpoint, throwing the night into chaos.
Attendees of the WHCD, which included Daily Mail staff, had only gotten through the salad course – featuring spring peas, burrata cheese, toasted pistachios, and an aged balsamic vinaigrette – when gunfire was audibly heard through the Washington Hilton’s basement-level ballroom.
Guests ducked and crawled under tables, while President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and members of the Cabinet were whisked to a safer
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