the rest of his life.

But it's very, very bad, very bad situation.

But his family knew that he had difficulty.

And his family seemed free.

I think they spent a lot of time with his family.

His family said he had big difficulty.

A source tells CNN that investigators have recovered writings from the suspect

that they indicate strong feelings

against the Trump administration and its officials. We're also learning that Allen's family

was alarmed by the writings and contacted authorities just minutes before the attack. Today,

Trump's acting attorney general tells CNN the suspect was likely targeting White House officials.

Still looking to try to understand a motive from our preliminary investigation.

It does appear the suspect was targeting members of the administration.

I don't want to go beyond that because we don't have specifics yet about particular members of the administration,

except that we do understand that that was his goal and his target.

Mr. President, do you know if you were the target of the gunman?

I don't know. It sounded to me. I read a manifesto. He's radicalized. He was a Christian, a believer, and then he became an anti-Christian, and he had a lot of

change.

He's been going through a lot based on what he wrote.

His brother complained about him, and I think reported him to the police, and his sister

likewise complained about him.

His family was very concerned.

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