Overview
- Trump, who posted Monday on Truth Social, denied making a morning call to Jonathan Karl after the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
- Karl has said since April 26 that the president rang his landline at about 7 a.m. to check if he was okay and to urge that the dinner be rescheduled.
- Hours after the denial, Trump spoke with Karl in an exclusive phone interview that Karl later referenced in a post about Iran without addressing the dispute.
- Federal prosecutors have charged Cole Tomas Allen with attempting to assassinate the president after a Secret Service agent was wounded during the incident near the Washington Hilton.
- The shot that hit the agent remains in dispute, as the U.S. Attorney said Allen fired it while other law enforcement officials have not confirmed whose bullet struck the agent.