Shocking new video footage shows the moment shots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend.
Jeanine PirroThe United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, has posted what appears to be body camera footage of the X shooting on Thursday, April 30. The shooting suspect Cole Thomas Allen it can be suspected that he could be seen checking out the Washington Hilton one day before the President Donald Trumpfirst wife Melania TrumpVice President JD Vance and many other government officials attended the annual dinner on Saturday, April 25.
Security footage then cuts from Friday, April 24, through the evening of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Officers can be seen dismantling the security area during the dinner when Allen, 31, allegedly walked through a magnetometer with a weapon. It is said that he then opened fire on at least one security guard.
The injured agent was hit by his protective vest and was later hospitalized. President Trump, 79, told reporters at a White House press conference late Saturday that the agent “was saved by the fact that he was wearing a very good bulletproof vest.”
“The vest did the job,” Donald said in a press briefing. “I just spoke to this officer and he was working well, he is in good condition, he is at a high standard and I told him that we love him and respect him and he is a proud man, he is very proud of what he does, a Secret Service agent.”
On Thursday, Pirro, 74, said he was releasing the stunning new photo to refute theories that a Secret Service agent was injured by friendly fire during the unrest.
“Today, we are releasing video already provided to a US District Court showing Cole Allen shooting a US Secret Service officer while trying to kill the President at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner,” Pirro said on Twitter. “There is no evidence that the shooting was the result of friendly fire. The video also shows Allen laying the charge in the Hilton Hotel area the day before the attack. My office and the FBI will continue to conduct a thorough investigation to bring Cole Allen to justice.”
Allen was arrested during the standoff and later charged with attempted assassination of the President of the United States, transporting a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, according to the Justice Department. He hasn’t applied yet.
As shots were fired outside the ballpark at the Washington Hilton, Vice President Vance, 41, was quickly ushered off the main stage. It took about 20 seconds before the Trumps were rushed to safety by Secret Service agents.
Asked about the delay in his release by reporters, the president said 60 Minutes on Sunday, April 26, “What happened was, it was me, I wanted to see what was going on, and I wasn’t making it that easy [the shooter].”
Cole Tomas Allen allegedly exchanged gunfire with a security agent.
Courtesy X/Jeanine Pirro“I wanted to see what was happening. And at that time, we started to realize that maybe it was a bad problem, a different kind of problem, bad, and different from what would be the normal noise from the ballroom, which you hear all the time,” he added. “I was surrounded by great people, and maybe I made them take it a little bit slower. I said, ‘Wait a minute, let me see.’
Vance opened up to Fox News about his experience on Wednesday, April 29, explaining that he was worried about his pregnant wife, New Vancewatching from home. (The Vances announced in January that they are expecting their fourth child.)
“I’m sitting up there on the stage with some reporters and apparently the President of the United States is a few seats to my right. There’s a lot of commotion. You hear loud noises. I didn’t know what it was,” he recalled.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt broke her silence on the shooting of White House Correspondents after announcing that there would be “shootings” at the event. Leavitt, 28, took to Instagram on Sunday, April 26, to reflect on the shooting that saw him, President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and other administration officials removed. […]
The vice president continued, “Before I had any idea what was going on, I started seeing people ducking under their tables or reacting to what was going on in the back of the ballroom. An agent comes and whispers in my ear, basically saying, ‘Sir, we have to go.’ … The agent lifted me up and I went down the stage to my last room and waited to see what was going on.”
Vance admitted that the horrific ordeal made him re-appreciate the Secret Service agents who risk their lives every day.
“As you read this information, one thing I really appreciate is the incredible work that the Secret Service does,” he told Fox News.
Allen remains in jail ahead of his trial.
