B RITISH PARENTS FELT AMB USHED AT WHITE HOUSE

SHINGTON» The grieving parents

W A of a British teenager who was killed Aug. 27 in a car crash involving an American diplomat’s wife felt ambushed when President Donald Trump tried to get them to meet with the woman in front of reporters, attorneys for the couple said Wednesday.

Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn traveled to Washington on Tuesday seeking to have the woman’s diplomatic immunity lifted. Instead, Trump and national security adviser Robert O’Brien surprised the family by inviting Anne Sacoolas to the White House and suggesting Harry Dunn’s parents meet with her in front of the White House press corps.

Attorney Mark Stephens told The Associated Press the couple had no idea Sacoolas, 42, would be in the building when they were there Tuesday and were stunned by the proposition.

Stephens said the couple want to meet with Sacoolas at some point, but not in a surprise meeting staged for reporters.

“If there’s going to be a meeting like that, it should not involve a surprise, a ‘jack in the box, pop out of a circus tent’ meeting seven weeks after the loss,” said Radd Seiger, a retired lawyer in the U.K. who accompanied the family to the White House. “For this to happen, you would want some heavyduty therapy and you want to meet in a neutral environment.”

Trump told reporters Wednesday that he thought the family had wanted to meet with Sacoolas, but that “they weren’t ready for it” Tuesday.

“It was very sad, to be honest,” Trump said of their conversation. “They lost their son.”