{"id":2600306,"date":"2026-05-08T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/allen-demands-doj-recusal-from-whca-dinner-shooting-case-over-personal-ties\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:34:31","slug":"allen-demands-doj-recusal-from-whca-dinner-shooting-case-over-personal-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/allen-demands-doj-recusal-from-whca-dinner-shooting-case-over-personal-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen demands DOJ recusal from WHCA dinner shooting case over personal ties"},"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%2Fallen-demands-doj-recusal-from-whca-dinner-shooting-case-over-personal-ties%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=2600306&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>Cole Tomas Allen, accused of trying to assassinate President Donald trump at the April 25 White house Correspondents\u2019 dinner, asked a federal court to disqualify prosecutors Jeanine Pirro and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.His attorneys argue the two should be recused because they have personal connections to Trump and where present at the event, which they claim creates an appearance of partiality.  <\/p>\n<p>Allen\u2019s motion says the prosecutors attended the dinner,heard gunshots,and were evacuated,and that they quickly learned officials believed the target was among certain management figures. Allen, a 31-year-old california resident, has been charged on four counts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-who-trump-is-very-familiar-with-gets-assigned-to-assassination-attempt-suspects-case-after-charges-filed\/\" title=\"Judge Who ... Is Very Familiar With Gets Assigned to Assassination Attempt Suspect&#039;s ... After Charges Filed\">including attempted assassination<\/a>, interstate firearm transportation for a felony, and using a firearm in a violent crime, and was indicted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deshaun-watson-accusers-sitting-down-for-hbo-interview\/\" title=\"Deshaun Watson Accusers Sitting Down for HBO Interview\">grand jury earlier<\/a> this week.  <\/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><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4543606\/what-to-know-cole-thomas-allen-trump-shooting\/\">Cole Tomas Allen<\/a> filed a motion Thursday to have federal prosecutors disqualified from the court case in which he is accused of attempting to assassinate President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Allen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-federal-investigators-reveal-likely-reason-for-helicopter-crash-that-killed-kobe-bryant\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Federal Investigators Reveal Likely Reason For Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant\">legal team argued<\/a> U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche should be recused from the case because they have personal ties to the case. The federal prosecutors attended the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/White-House-Correspondents-Association\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association<\/a> dinner that Allen is accused of attacking, making them ineligible to stand against him in court, the alleged gunman argued.<\/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\/4560366\/judge-cancel-second-comey-court-appearance-request-lawyers\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Judge to cancel second Comey court appearance at request of his lawyers<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4559980\/splc-not-guilty-plea-fraud-case\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Southern Poverty Law Center pleads not guilty as CEO vows to fight fraud case<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4559756\/fox-news-additional-discovery-smartmatic-case\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fox News granted additional discovery in Smartmatic voting machine case<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cAs this case proceeds closer to trial, the country and the world will continue to wonder\u2014how can the American justice system permit a victim to prosecute a criminal defendant in a case involving them?\u201d Allen\u2019s lawyers wrote <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.292089\/gov.uscourts.dcd.292089.24.0.pdf\">in the motion<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cOr even\u2014how can one of the victim\u2019s closest friends prosecute the alleged perpetrator of the offense?\u201d they continued, referring to Pirro\u2019s longtime friendship with Trump, who said he was a victim of an assassination attempt, after Cole allegedly rammed through the dinner\u2019s security checkpoint, shot a Secret Service Service agent, and began running towards the ballroom where the president, Pirro, and others were gathered.<\/p>\n<p>Allen, a 31-year-old California resident, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4544489\/cole-allen-faces-charges-attempt-to-assassinate-trump\/\">has been charged<\/a> with attempting to assassinate Trump at the April 25 gala. He is also charged with transportation of a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony, as well as use of a firearm in a crime of violence. He was indicted Tuesday <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4556403\/grand-jury-indictment-cole-allen\/\">by a grand jury<\/a> on all four counts.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4552789\/pirro-cole-allen-secret-service-agent-shot\/\"><strong>PIRRO SAYS TRUMP DINNER SHOOTING SUSPECT \u2018DEFINITIVELY\u2019 SHOT SECRET SERVICE AGENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Allen believes that since Pirro and Blanche were attending the gala, they hold a significant conflict of interest that bars them from involvement in the government\u2019s case against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough disqualification of prosecutors from participation in cases is uncommon, courts have done so where the appearance of partiality was clear,\u201d the motion reads. \u201cHere, there is\u2014at the very least\u2014the appearance of partiality that necessitates the recusal of U.S. Attorney Pirro and Acting AG Blanche. Both heard gunshots, which presumably forced them to duck below the tables with the rest of the occupants. They were quickly evacuated. Shortly thereafter, they learned that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >law enforcement believed<\/a> the target was certain administration officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cole Tomas Allen seeks disqualification of Trump case prosecutors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2600307,"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\/AP26120599333448.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7076,34991,79324,5894,51097],"class_list":["post-2600306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-doj","tag-gun-violence","tag-justice-department-recusal","tag-politics","tag-white-house-correspondents-association"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26120599333448.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600306","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2600306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2600310,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600306\/revisions\/2600310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2600307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2600306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2600306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2600306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}