The Department of Justice on Thursday released new high-quality footage of Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
“Today, we are releasing video already provided to U.S. District Court showing Cole Allen shoot a U.S. Secret Service officer during his attempt to assassinate the President at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner,” announced US Attorney Jeanine Pirro on social media, adding, “There is no evidence the shooting was the result of friendly fire.”
🚨 JUST IN: The DOJ has released HIGH QUALITY security camera footage of attempted Trump assassin Cole Allen SPRINTING through the security checkpoint at WHCA’s dinner
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 30, 2026
This is NOT AI generated, like much of the footage posted this week
Secret Service is adamant their agent was… pic.twitter.com/AMAOK6q2HP
“The video also shows Allen casing the area in the Hilton Hotel the day before the attack.”
Today, we are releasing video already provided to U.S. District Court showing Cole Allen shoot a U.S. Secret Service officer during his attempt to assassinate the President at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
— US Attorney Pirro (@USAttyPirro) April 30, 2026
There is no evidence the shooting was the result of friendly… pic.twitter.com/a8gRXkW6BH
The latest video is a tremendous improvement on the blurry footage released by President Donald Trump in the immediate aftermath of the event last Saturday.
BREAKING: President Trump post video of shooter running past securitypic.twitter.com/KbbLlf6F4q
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) April 26, 2026
The footage comes as a pretrial detention memo Wednesday showed Allen took selfies in his hotel room outfitted with a knife and a shoulder holster prior to committing the act.
The suspected shooter faces three federal charges including discharging a firearm during a crime, interstate transportation of a firearm with intent to commit a felony, and attempting to assassinate the President of the United States, which carries a life sentence if convicted.
