The presidential line of succession was at the shooting that targeted the Trump administration. Amid security doubts, ‘the system worked,’ AG says

The shooting at White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday not only put President Donald Trump at risk but many top administration officials in the line of succession were there too.

Considering all the VIPs, many attendees at the gathering said security was relatively lax, though law enforcement officials maintained protocols worked as they were supposed to and pointed out the alleged gunman was stopped outside the ballroom where Trump and top officials were seated.

Below the president, there are 18 officials in the line of succession, starting with the vice president and ending with the secretary of homeland security. According to one tally, at least 12 of them were at the correspondents’ dinner.

They include Vice President JD Vance, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, among others.

To be sure, such a collection of senior officials in one place is not new in Washington, D.C., with the State of the Union address and presidential inaugurations being notable examples. But those events take place at the Capitol, while the correspondents’ dinner was at the Washington Hilton.

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