{"id":2595617,"date":"2026-04-27T11:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/security-will-look-different-for-white-house-media-dinner-redo-kash-patel\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:15:34","slug":"security-will-look-different-for-white-house-media-dinner-redo-kash-patel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/security-will-look-different-for-white-house-media-dinner-redo-kash-patel\/","title":{"rendered":"Security will look different for White House media dinner redo: Kash Patel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fsecurity-will-look-different-for-white-house-media-dinner-redo-kash-patel%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=2595617&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>FBI Director Kash Patel said that after a Saturday night shooting disrupted the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association (WHCA) dinner, law enforcement and security will be prepared for a replacement event about a month later-and that the security posture will be \u201cwholly different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The gunman was intercepted by law enforcement before getting into the event room, but he managed to breach the hotel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/united-states-of-apple-arizona-to-offer-digital-drivers-licenses-on-iphones-as-other-states-develop-plans\/\" title=\"United States of Apple: Arizona to Offer Digital Driver&#039;s Licenses on iPhones as Other States Develop Plans\">security screening checkpoint<\/a> and come close to the entrance. A Secret Service agent was shot in a bulletproof vest, and the incident reportedly resulted in the only injury from the scene. Critics cited shortcomings in how the final checkpoint worked, noting it was near the route to the event area and that hotel lobby access before credentials\/ID checks left the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-one-of-the-family-members-could-have-brought-cocaine-inside-white-house-former-secret-service\/\" title=\"Former ...: Only one family member could have brought cocaine into ....\">magnetometer checkpoint<\/a> as the main barrier.<\/p>\n<p>Patel said the FBI will coordinate with the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, the Secret Service, and local police for improved measures, and that more details will follow in the criminal complaint as the suspect is set to be arraigned. The article also notes that the breach is the third apparent assassination attempt against Trump and that the Washington Hilton has previously been the site of the 1981 reagan assassination attempt.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>FBI Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11691\">Kash Patel<\/a> said law enforcement and security are \u201cgoing to be ready\u201d for a second <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2432\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner<\/a>, after a Saturday night shooting led to the disruption of the original event.<\/p>\n<p>After a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4543606\/what-to-know-cole-thomas-allen-trump-shooting\/\">gunman<\/a> rushed through security before being apprehended by law enforcement <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543512\/terror-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\">at Saturday evening\u2019s event<\/a>, President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced he wants to put on another event in the next month to make up for the dinner being cut short. Patel said the security detail covering the event will be \u201ccompletely different\u201d next time.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4543805\/doj-national-trust-ballroom-lawsuit\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ calls on National Trust to drop lawsuit against Trump ballroom after dinner shooting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4543204\/us-allows-venezuela-pay-legal-fees-maduro-case-new-york\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US allows Venezuela to pay legal fees for Maduro\u2019s case in New York<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4543108\/appeals-court-8-million-award-roy-moore\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Appeals court wipes out $8.2 million award for Alabama Supreme Court justice Roy Moore<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI think we are going to do it entirely differently,\u201d Patel said on <em>Fox &#038; Friends<\/em>. \u201cYou heard the president say on Saturday night that we\u2019re going to do this again in short order, maybe in 30 days or so, and we\u2019re going to be ready for that. The security posture, I imagine, is going to be completely different.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Though the suspected gunman, a 31-year-old teacher from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"60\">California<\/a> named <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4543606\/what-to-know-cole-thomas-allen-trump-shooting\/\">Cole Allen<\/a>, was apprehended by law enforcement before making it into the event room, he did breach the security screening checkpoint within the hotel and came <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/25\/politics\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-wolf-blitzer-shots-fired-trump\">close to the entrance<\/a> of the dinner. A Secret Service agent was shot by the gunman in his bulletproof vest, marking the only injury reported from the scene at the Washington Hilton hotel.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has raised serious concerns about how a man armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives was able to come so close to entering such a high-profile dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s true the Secret Service protective model worked, but it only worked because of luck,\u201d former Secret Service agent Bill Gage <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/three-problems-with-correspondents-dinner-security-say-officials-the-checkpoint-the-evacuation-and-the-venue-itself\">told MS Now<\/a>. \u201cIt was just luck he didn\u2019t get into the room and have a chance to open fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"q48sf0_I2L4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH: Shooter charges through security checkpoint at White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q48sf0_I2L4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The outlet noted in its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/three-problems-with-correspondents-dinner-security-say-officials-the-checkpoint-the-evacuation-and-the-venue-itself\">piece<\/a> about the security pitfalls of the event that the staff at the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >final security checkpoint allowed<\/a> the gunman to breach and run through the front of the checkpoint. That final checkpoint, with a weapons magnetometer screener, was only one flight of stairs away from the main entrance to the event room. <\/p>\n<p>Further, guests at the Washington Hilton were able to roam free in the hotel lobby without a credential or identification check, making the magnetometer checkpoint the only thing standing in the way between guests and the nearby event space. <\/p>\n<p>Allen was a guest staying at the hotel at the time of the shooting. He apparently ran down 10 flights of an interior stairwell to circumvent major areas of the hotel with security details, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-evacuated-white-house-correspondents-dinner-security-incident\/#post-update-a1cbc570\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be working with the White House, with the Department of Homeland Security, the Secret Service, the Metropolitan Police Department,\u201d Patel said in the Fox News interview Monday morning. \u201cThe FBI will be fully resourced for that event to assist in the security, and we will provide our input.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the agencies are already communicating on how to make changes for the possible next WHCA event. Trump wants the association to put on another dinner within the next 30 days. When asked for comment, the White House declined to reveal a date or time for the event.<\/p>\n<p>Patel said the security detail will be \u201cbetter postured\u201d for the rescheduled event. He also said many more details of the investigation will be released in the criminal complaint against the shooting suspect, who is set to be arraigned on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuite an evening in D.C.,\u201d Trump wrote Saturday evening on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116468367583052130\">Truth Social<\/a>. \u201cSecret Service and Law Enforcement did a fantastic job. They acted quickly and bravely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543921\/susie-wiles-hold-meeting-secret-service-protocols-trump-events\/\">SUSIE WILES TO HOLD MEETING ABOUT SECRET SERVICE PROTOCOLS AT TRUMP EVENTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Secret Service agents and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-seeks-fbi-briefing-after-special-agent-comes-forward-with-disclosure-on-investigation-of-d-c-pipe-bombs-before-jan-6\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan Seeks ... Briefing After Special Agent Comes Forward With Disclosure on Investigation of D.C. Pipe Bombs Before Jan 6\">police officers swarm<\/a> a gunman, obscured from view, after he attempted an assassination on President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton hotel on March 30, 1981. (AP Photo\/Ron Edmonds)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The security breach marks the third apparent assassination attempt against Trump\u2019s life, following the incidents in which a gunman shot at Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and when attempted assassin Ryan Routh was found while waiting for Trump on a Florida golf course with a rifle.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Hilton was also the location where John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI\u2019s Kash Patel says security will be ready for a redo WHCA dinner after Saturday\u2019s shooting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2595618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26116100136492.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[44864,78668,11319,3646,32127],"class_list":["post-2595617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-kash-patel","tag-media-dinner","tag-podcast","tag-security","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26116100136492.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595617"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595621,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595617\/revisions\/2595621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}