Major Red Flags Surface on Shooting from Trump Admin...
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What major red flags are emerging from the Trump administration regarding the shooting incident?
Some major red flags are surfacing over the, quote, official narrative from the Trump regime about the White House Correspondents Dinner incident. They were previously pushing this narrative that the individual who they say is the shooter, Cole Thomas Allen, was able to actually fire off shots and hit one of the agents in the chest, but it was wearing a bulletproof vest. It doesn't seem that that narrative is accurate. We were seeing some signs that the way it was described seemed suspicious, lots of red flags. And now after this hearing took place and after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch was questioned about it, he says that there's still an ongoing investigation into what took place. That's a weird thing to say, because normally the Trump regime would post a photograph of the weapons right away.
They would definitely come out with all of these statements and anything else. I mean, all they've been doing is talking about Golden Ballroom this, Golden Ballroom that. Blaming Jimmy Kimmel for the shooting, saying that this is why there needs to be no more No Kings protests. Let me just show you what happened moments ago during this press conference when Todd Blanch was asked a very basic question.
Who is Cole Thomas Allen and what are the allegations against him?
have you been able to determine whether the gunman fired shots watch what he says here play this clip have you been able to determine whether the gunman fired shots if so how many shots he fired and who exactly whose bullet hit the agent we're still we want to get that right so we're still looking at that we it appears and i don't want to to overstate because we are still looking at this that there were five five shots that law enforcement fired we are we we have All the evidence is being examined very carefully and expeditiously, and we'll know more soon. We do believe that, as the complaint lays out, that the suspect, that the defendant fired it out of his shotgun, and we know that that happened.
But as far as getting into exacting ballistics, I'm not going to do that today because it's still being looked at and finalized.
Yeah, I'm not buying that response right now. As Carney explains over here, S.G. Carney, Cole Allen was detained, quote, in connection with gunfire and for, quote, using a dangerous weapon. This sort of language makes it clear that. or unclear whether a shot was fired or not fired. Was the assault on the officer, was that in connection with being tackled? I mean, what happened over there? We need more data. I'll give you more from the official narrative, then I'm going to go back to what Blanche was saying. This is what we reported on the Midas Touch Network. The suspect in the White House correspondence dinner incident appeared in federal court today, is now facing a charge of attempted assassination of Donald Trump, among other charges.
Scott McFarlane, the Midas Touch Network D.C. bureau chief, was on the scene in the courthouse. Here's what he told us was coming out of that courthouse. Cole Thomas Allen was arraigned moments ago in D.C., where the criminal case against him has officially been unsealed. Wearing a blue jail uniform and flanked by U.S. marshals, Allen stood quietly. as he was sworn in and confirmed he will be represented by a public defender.
What inconsistencies are present in the official narrative of the shooting?
Prosecutors charged Allen with attempted assassination, transporting a firearm at interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony, use of a firearm in a crime of violence. Use of a firearm? Then why wouldn't Attorney General Todd Blanche then say, yes, he discharged the firearm? So that's interesting. Federal authorities say Allen was armed with a pump-action 12-gauge shotgun, a semi-automatic pistol, and knives at the time of the incident. The Justice Department is seeking pretrial detention, arguing the charges qualify as a federal crime of terrorism and mandate that he remain in custody. Now, back to that press conference with Todd Blanche.
What did Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch reveal about the ongoing investigation?
Todd Blanche said, look, we need this ballroom badly, and... We need to make it very clear that this incident tells us one thing. The ballroom must be built.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What major red flags are emerging from the Trump administration regarding the shooting incident?
0:00–1:20
2
Who is Cole Thomas Allen and what are the allegations against him?
1:20–3:22
3
What inconsistencies are present in the official narrative of the shooting?
3:22–4:04
4
What did Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch reveal about the ongoing investigation?
4:04–15:28
5
What charges is Cole Thomas Allen facing in connection with the shooting?
15:28–17:40