US EditionTrump's security again faces scrutiny after press dinner shooting
The suspect was armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives, and roughly 2,600 attendees were screened only after entering the hotel.
- On Saturday night, a gunman opened fire at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, wounding a Secret Service agent and prompting immediate evacuation of President Donald Trump and other officials.
- Washington police reported the alleged gunman, Cole Tomas Allen, was staying at the Washington Hilton and reached a floor above the ballroom armed with a shotgun, handgun, and knives, breaching security despite protocols for roughly 2,600 attendees.
- Secret Service agents quickly rushed Trump and Vice President Vance from the head table, while security details for Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent formed human shields to protect them during the evacuation.
- President Trump later described the Washington Hilton as "not particularly a secure building," noting the suspect had not been close to "breaching" the ballroom. The venue was previously the site of a 1981 assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan.
- Coming less than two years after assassination attempts during the 2024 campaign, Saturday's incident raises questions about protection afforded to America's political leaders. Investigators are currently reviewing security gaps that allowed the gunman to access the hotel.
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Bipartisan Scrutiny Grows Over Security at White House Correspondents’ Dinner After Shooting
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Bipartisan scrutiny intensified Sunday over security protocols at the venue hosting the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after a shooting near the event raised questions about how an armed suspect was able to enter the hotel where President Donald Trump, cabinet officials and members of Congress were gathered. Lawmakers from both parties called […]
After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and members of his staff at a press dinner, the question is asked about the security measures taken. "The accesses in the room for the Secret Service were almost all blocked," says George Weinberg of Republicans Overseas.
The judiciary assumes that the shooter at the gala dinner in Washington was after the US president. Criticism of the security measures becomes loud. Trump himself makes amends.
The shooting on Saturday night in Washington, D.C., at the entrance to the press gala in which the U.S. president participated, again raises questions about the security of the White House tenant. In recent months, acts of violence have followed around Donald Trump.
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