White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is accusing the media of wrongly blaming President Donald Trump for a mail bomb plot and a deadly weekend shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
She said Monday at a press briefing that the first thing the president did was condemn the attacks and the first thing the media did was blame the president. Trump critics have said the president's harsh partisan rhetoric has fueled such attacks.
Sanders told reporters that people should place the responsibility for the two attacks on the individuals responsible.
Florida resident Cesar Sayoc is charged with federal crimes in the mail bomb plot on high-ranking Democratic officials and CNN. Robert Bowers is charged with killing 11 people in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.