{"id":2595612,"date":"2026-04-27T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-attendees-pinpoint-troubling-security-lapse-we-are-lucky-this-wasnt-far-worse\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:09:15","slug":"white-house-correspondents-dinner-attendees-pinpoint-troubling-security-lapse-we-are-lucky-this-wasnt-far-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-attendees-pinpoint-troubling-security-lapse-we-are-lucky-this-wasnt-far-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner Attendees Pinpoint Troubling Security Lapse: &#8216;We Are Lucky This Wasn&#8217;t Far Worse&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-correspondents-dinner-attendees-pinpoint-troubling-security-lapse-we-are-lucky-this-wasnt-far-worse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2595612&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>People who attended the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner in washington, D.C., said security was unexpectedly lax.The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economist-rejects-uighur-genocide-determination\/\" title=\"\u2018Economist\u2019 Rejects Uighur Genocide Determination\">article argues<\/a> that even though the suspected shooter, Cole Tomas Allen (after being tackled and arrested), did not kill anyone, an attack still got through basic safeguards-something that several attendees and commentators say should not have been possible.<\/p>\n<p>It claims Allen was able to check in at the Washington Hilton in a way that allowed him to move from his room to areas near the ballroom lobby, close to where other guests were staying, including a nearby writer who said the situation became clearer after the incident. The piece also includes claims from officials and attendees that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-appointed-judge-has-no-idea-what-easy-words-like-shall-mean\/\" title=\"Biden-Appointed Judge Has No Idea What The Word &#039;Shall&#039; Means\">entry procedures<\/a> were minimal-tickets were allegedly shown rather than thoroughly verified, identification checks and scanning were limited or absent, and checks may have occurred only later near the main dinner room.<\/p>\n<p>The wall Street Journal is cited as confirming that guests could enter via nearby checkpoints by simply showing a dinner ticket or invite copy, without ID verification or ticket scanning. Former FBI official Jason Pack and others are quoted saying the perimeter and screening were ineffective until too late-suggesting the \u201cday-of\u201d security plan could have been bypassed with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >access obtained earlier<\/a> (e.g., via a room key). The article notes President Donald Trump said he is \u201cstanding by\u201d the Secret Service and reportedly ordered a security review, and it says Allen was not cooperating with authorities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Numerous attendees of the White House Correspondents Dinner this Saturday in D.C. all agreed that security at the event was deeply underwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>So much so, in fact, that some attendees have even argued, as conservative radio show host Clay Travis <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/2048444707286487359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did online<\/a>, that the American people \u201care lucky this wasn\u2019t far worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As previously reported, nobody died despite a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-whcd-gunman-manifesto-social-accounts-found-targeted-trump-no-kings-rally-attendee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leftist shooter<\/a> opening fire in the lobby of the connecting Hilton Hotel building, though a Secret Service agent was hit in his vest.<\/p>\n<p>After being tackled, the shooter, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, was taken into custody without any further complications.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen was a guest of the Washington Hilton and assembled his weapons on site and was not \u2014 NOT \u2014 struck by Secret Service gunfire, even though he shot a SS agent <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xx1hcjEMRB\">pic.twitter.com\/xx1hcjEMRB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulsperry_\/status\/2048242475689509235?\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Prior to the dinner and shooting, Allen stayed in a Hilton hotel room right next to the room of Hugh Dougherty, a writer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/i-slept-next-to-the-assassin-in-washington-hilton-room-10235-this-is-a-security-fiasco\/?via=twitter_page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Beast<\/a>. Dougherty was shocked once he realized this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it was then that I began to piece together the security fiasco that had taken place in the room next door,\u201d he wrote. \u201cQuite simply, a man who wanted to kill people \u2014 many people, maybe me, maybe my colleagues \u2014 had checked into the Washington Hilton, just like I had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had used his access to move from floor 10 to the ballroom lobby, just like I had. And he had left a room which police had closed off, but which for all they feared could now be filled with explosives,\u201d Dougherty added.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t the only one to take note of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/everything-know-security-conditions-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lack of security<\/a> at an event featuring the president and his Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe noticed security was nearly nonexistent,\u201d U.S. Agency for Global Media leader Kari Lake wrote in a post to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Started as a great night\u2014though we noticed security was nearly nonexistent.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary Of State Marco Rubio hit the red carpet and spoke to the Media as did most members of the cabinet and administration.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone was eagerly awaiting President Trump\u2019s incredible and hilarious\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/20WfmPKHiW\">pic.twitter.com\/20WfmPKHiW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kari Lake (@KariLake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake\/status\/2048597278613471338?\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe how lax the security was at the White House correspondents dinner tonight,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KariLake\/status\/2048227581523054921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a> in an additional post. \u201cUpon entering nobody asked to visibly INSPECT my ticket nor asked for my photo identification. All one had to do was flash what appeared to be a ticket and they were fine with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal has confirmed Lake\u2019s narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite a visible security perimeter and warnings of tight security, guests said they could enter the hotel through checkpoints on the surrounding streets by simply showing a dinner ticket or a copy of an invite to one of several predinner receptions,\u201d the outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tickets were reviewed by staff but weren\u2019t scanned and there were no identification checks, attendees said,\u201d the report continued.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Pack, a former FBI official, was stunned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Allen] didn\u2019t beat the security plan the night of the dinner,\u201d Pack told The Wall Street Journal. \u201cHe beat it the day he made the reservation. They built that perimeter to stop an army. Turns out all he needed was a room key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Melugin of Fox News made a similar point on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHypothetically, If I had hidden an explosive in my shoe or my jacket, I would have had no problem getting into one of those ballrooms,\u201d he wrote. \u201cOnly once it was time to get into the main ballroom for the dinner did we pass through magnetometers, empty our pockets, and get a pat down. And even that checkpoint was just outside of the dinner room.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My thoughts on the security at the WHCD last night.<\/p>\n<p>The first exterior security for me was on the street outside of the hotel. I flashed my ticket and was waved through in one second. 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