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WHCD Shooting Suspect’s Online Rants Revealed
May 6, 2026
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C2 Education/FacebookThe man who allegedly attempted to assassinate Donald Trump and top administration officials was motivated in large part by the war with Iran, according to an intelligence report.A preliminary report by the Department of Homeland Security found that Cole Allen, the would-be assassin who stormed the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last month, was so incensed by the Middle East conflict that it “may have contributed to his decision to conduct the attack,” according to the report.The documents were obtained through open records requests by the national security transparency nonprofit Property of the People, which shared them with the Beast.
Marked “Critical Incident Note,” the assessment cited 31-year-old Allen’s social media posts as evidence of his fury over Trump and Israel’s war, which they launched in coordination on Feb. 28.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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