DOJ Leaves Unclear Who Shot Secret Service Agent at WH Correspondence Dinner

White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting: DOJ Leaves Unclear Who Shot Secret Service Agent at WH Correspondence Dinner

Was this a clear assassination attempt foiled by robust security or is the White House trying to cover up a catastrophic security failure?

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DOJ Leaves Unclear Who Shot Secret Service Agent at WH Correspondence Dinner

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Above: Alleged Washington Hilton shooter Cole Tomas Allen, while in his hotel room at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on April 25. Image credit: U.S. Department of Justice/Getty Images

The Spin

The evidence is clear: — Cole Tomas Allen fired a shotgun at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in a documented assassination attempt against President Trump. A Secret Service officer took a round to his bulletproof vest, and ballistics will confirm whether buckshot or a bullet caused the injury. The conspiracy theories flooding social media are AI-fueled garbagefalsehoods designed to go viral fast, not inform anyone.

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The government's own court filing never accused Allen of shooting the Secret Service officer, and security footage shows no evidence he fired at officers at all. Allen walked through, undetected, a major hosting the most high profile politicians in the country, crossed state lines by train with weapons nobody checked, and officials still call it a security success. The official account keeps shifting, and the unanswered questions deserve straight answers, not spin.

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