Overview
- At a White House Police Week event, Trump said agents lifted JD Vance “like he was a little boy” and asked why he was not moved as quickly.
- In a CBS interview, he said he hesitated because he wanted to see what was happening, which he said may have slowed his own exit.
- The attack unfolded at a security checkpoint near the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, and video shows an agent sprinting to pull Vance from his seat.
- Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old California engineer, was subdued at the scene and charged with attempting to assassinate the president and other gun offenses, then pleaded not guilty.
- One Secret Service agent was shot but shielded by a ballistic vest, and a YouGov poll found nearly a quarter of Americans believe the shooting was staged despite no evidence.