New Video Analysis Suggests Suspect in Correspondents’ Dinner Attack Fired First

New video footage released Thursday night by the F.B.I. of the apparent assassination attempt on President Trump at the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner helps clarify how the episode unfolded by more clearly showing the gunman’s actions and the responses of Secret Service officers. A frame-by-frame assessment of the footage — combined with…

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With no radical footprint, what drove suspect to try and assassinate Trump?

Law enforcement surrounds the Washington Hilton Hotel where shots were fired near the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner featuring President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on April 25. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Leyden/Getty Images Monday’s arraignment of 31-year old Cole Tomas Allen, a California man who is charged with attempting to…

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Cole Tomas Allen, Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Suspect, Was Propelled by Outrage, Authorities Say

The authorities have said that the suspect in the Saturday attack was taken into custody shortly after charging through a security checkpoint and exchanging gunfire with federal law enforcement officials inside the Washington Hilton. He was armed with knives, a shotgun, and a handgun, authorities have said. The suspect is initially expected to be charged…

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Suspect in White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Charged with Attempt to Assassinate the President

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, was arraigned today in U.S. District Court on charges stemming from the April 25, 2026, shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, announced the Department of Justice. Allen is charged by complaint with one count of attempt to assassinate the President of the United States, transportation of a firearm & ammunition in interstate…

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