{"id":2597962,"date":"2026-05-02T09:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/would-be-trump-assassin-wasnt-only-one-encountering-insane-security-arrangement-at-glitzy-dinner\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T09:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:09:31","slug":"would-be-trump-assassin-wasnt-only-one-encountering-insane-security-arrangement-at-glitzy-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/would-be-trump-assassin-wasnt-only-one-encountering-insane-security-arrangement-at-glitzy-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Would-Be Trump Assassin Wasn&#8217;t Only One Encountering &#8216;Insane&#8217; Security Arrangement at Glitzy Dinner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fwould-be-trump-assassin-wasnt-only-one-encountering-insane-security-arrangement-at-glitzy-dinner%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=2597962&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>Teh excerpt describes claims surrounding the security at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner in which President Trump was present. It says the alleged gunman, Cole Allen, argued in a manifesto that security was extremely lax and that multiple attendees\u2019 posts appeared to support that view-such as limited or inconsistent checks before entering the hotel lobby and ballroom areas.<\/p>\n<p>Several attendees quoted in the text claim they were able to enter with minimal screening (e.g., flashing a ticket, without ID checks, and not going through metal detectors) until later checkpoints near the main dinner room. It also notes that even supporters of the event\u2019s security response say the Secret Service reacted quickly once the threat was detected, and that the director\u2019s statement framed apprehension as proof that layered protection worked.<\/p>\n<p>the passage centers on a conflict between eyewitness accounts suggesting weak pre-entry security and official characterizations emphasizing effective Secret Service response after the threat reached the perimeter.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Would-be Trump assassin Cole Allen\u2019s claim that there was extremely lax security at the event he targeted was seemingly substantiated by multiple attendees\u2019 posts to social media.<\/p>\n<p>The security presence at Saturday\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner which featured President Trump showed an \u201cinsane\u201d level of \u201cincompetence,\u201d Allen wrote in a manifesto he sent to family members shortly before he opened fire, The New York Post first <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/26\/us-news\/whcd-gunman-cole-allen-sent-anti-trump-manifesto-to-family-just-before-opening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Firsthand accounts of media figures and others who attended the annual glitzy event at the Washington Hilton hotel also pointed to seemingly lenient security measures and minimal vetting of guests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before,\u201d Allen, a 31-year-old teacher from California who faces two preliminary federal charges, wrote in his manifesto, according to an excerpt <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/phildstewart\/status\/2048438520545697855?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> by Reuters\u2019s chief national security reporter Phil Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed shit,\u201d continued the alleged shooter\u2019s screed, in which he had dubbed himself the \u201cFriendly Federal Assassin.\u201d<\/p>\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>A string of the dinner\u2019s guests appeared to corroborate the image of the security infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no security screening prior to entering the lobby,\u201d attendee Misha Komadovsky, the U.S. correspondent for German outlet Deutsche Welle News <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/komadovsky\/status\/2048224143510839652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> Saturday night on X, shortly after the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>He posted a picture of his ticket to the event, which included his table number but did not appear to have his name on it, writing, \u201cThis was the only thing required for entry into the Washington Hilton ballroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Text at the bottom of the ticket indicates, \u201cPlease present this ticket to enter the reception and ballroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin, who also attended the dinner, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/2048407759016599747?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">remarked<\/a> on X that \u201cHypothetically, If I had hidden an explosive in my shoe or my jacket, I would have had no problem getting into\u201d multiple of the Hilton\u2019s ballrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first exterior security for me was on the street outside of the hotel. I flashed my ticket and was waved through in one second. My name was not checked against any list, I showed no ID, I was not patted down and did not go through a metal detector. I probably could have shown a ticket from a prior year or a fake one as they barely looked at it,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom that point, I walked into the hotel with no further security check, and I walked down to the Fox pre-party where there were multiple ballrooms that were absolutely PACKED with attendees. Still did not go through any security at that point,\u201d Melugin added.<\/p>\n<p>Melugin clarified, however, that entering the main ballroom where the dinner itself took place did require him to \u201cpass through magnetometers, empty our pockets, and get a pat down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd even that checkpoint was just outside of the dinner room,\u201d Melugin noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecret Service reacted quickly to an active armed threat and prevented that threat from getting into the ballroom. But the security leading up to that point, in my opinion, appeared to be lacking severely,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Newsmax anchor Greta Van Susteren <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greta\/status\/2048383153581003173?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> on X the dinner\u2019s \u201c[s]ecurity seemed lax and I mentioned this to my guest as we walked in(but this is a public hotel).[[<em>sic<\/em>]\u201d She added in her post that \u201claw enforcement did a supreme job of stopping\u201d the shooter, echoing Melugin.<\/p>\n<p>Allen wrote that one thing he had \u201cimmediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/karol\/status\/2048436671952089152?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to an excerpt of his manifesto d on X by New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz.<\/p>\n<p>I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.\u201d He noted in the manifesto that he had instead \u201cexpected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kari Lake, the Senior Advisor to the United States Agency for Global Media and former GOP candidate for Senate and Arizona governor, similarly wrote on X that she could not \u201cbelieve how lax the security was\u201d at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\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 she wrote in her post, attaching pictures and video footage of the dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Radio podcast host Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KennedyNation\/status\/2048437082578637236?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> on X she had changed hotels at the last minute Saturday and booked a room at the Washington Hilton just hours before the dinner and the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was never asked for a key, but could\u2019ve produced one from a different city. Also never asked for ID, and waltzed through the lobby and lower ballroom areas like I owned the place,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly saw one LE [law enforcement] dog by the red carpet, which also had surprisingly lax security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving been to this event several times as early as 1995, this was probably the least security I\u2019ve encountered,\u201d Kennedy, a former MTV personality in the 1990s, noted.<\/p>\n<p>News Of The United States politics reporter Reese Gorman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reesejgorman\/status\/2048398361242337556?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">indicated<\/a> on X he had spoken with a Republican lawmaker who attended the event. The lawmaker, who he did not name in his post, was \u201cappalled at the lack of security entering the Washington Hilton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were 0 magnetometer or security checkpoints prior to entering the Washington Hilton. All you needed to do to get in was flash a ticket or a screenshot of an , there was no actual inspection of what you showed anyone,\u201d Gorman added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my case they didn\u2019t even check my phone or ticket they let me through because I was with someone who had already flashed their ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou didn\u2019t reach your first and only security checkpoint until you went down the escalator and were right outside the ballroom. No ID\u2019s were checked,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTop figures in the presidential line of succession were all gathered in the same room last night with this sort of lax security,\u201d independent journalist Yashar Ali <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yashar\/status\/2048419309287014800?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> on X in response to Gorman\u2019s post.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Trump, Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/trump-evacuated-after-security-incident-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-no-sign-of-injuries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Johnson<\/a> \u2014 the next two individuals in the presidential line of succession \u2014 were at the event.<\/p>\n<p>The highest-ranking member of the line of succession who was not at the event was Senate president pro tempore <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChuckGrassley\/status\/2048206500590453133?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chuck Grassley<\/a>, 92.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod forbid this had been a highly organized attack by a group of people, we could have Chuck Grassley as President of the United States right now,\u201d Ali pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>CNN host Dana Bash asked Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday morning if the event had been a \u201cmassive security failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blanche replied by arguing the contrary, dubbing the Secret Service\u2019s response a \u201cmassive security success story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis man, from what we know from video surveillance and from witnesses who were there, barely got past the perimeter,\u201d he said, referring to Allen. \u201cHe was immediately subdued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UnitedStatesSecretServiceOfficial\/posts\/secret-service-director-sean-m-curran-released-a-statement-about-tonights-incide\/1272818988357410\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> following the shooting, United States Secret Service director Sean Curran said in a statement that the fact that the alleged shooter was apprehended \u201cshows that our <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >multi-layered protection works<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighs-in-on-deadly-subway-clash-after-desantis-calls-marine-a-good-samaritan\/\" title=\"... 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