U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the suspect accused of trying to attack administration officials at a black-tie gala on Saturday night was a ¡°pretty sick guy¡± who had been flagged to law enforcement by family members.

Trump said in TV interviews that the suspect, whom an official identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, California, had posted what Trump described as an ¡°anti-Christian¡± manifesto.

¡°He was a Christian, believer, and then he became an anti-Christian, and he had a lot of change,¡± Trump told CBS¡¯ ¡°60 Minutes¡± program. ¡°He was probably a pretty sick guy.¡±