Overview
- Jimmy Kimmel used Monday’s show to say his Melania Trump line was a light roast about the couple’s age gap and not a call to assassination.
- President Donald Trump on Monday urged ABC and Disney to fire Kimmel after First Lady Melania Trump called the joke “hateful and violent” and pressed ABC to “take a stand.”
- Federal prosecutors on Monday charged Cole Tomas Allen, 31, with attempting to assassinate the president and related gun offenses after Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting at the Washington Hilton.
- Investigators say Allen targeted members of the Trump administration, and officials reported he forced a checkpoint and exchanged fire with Secret Service before being subdued, wounding one agent.
- ABC and Disney have not announced disciplinary action, reviving earlier fights over Kimmel’s show, past FCC pressure on broadcasters, and posing an early test for new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro as allies and critics split over comedy and free-speech limits.