After the gunman who tried rushing through security to kill Donald Trump and members of his administration was arrested, conspiracy theories spread online. Some even claimed that the entire thing was staged, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt serving as the ‘proof’. Now, the White House has responded.
Cole Tomas Allen charged past the security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, armed with a shotgun, handgun, and knives. He exchanged gunfire with law enforcement before he was taken down and arrested.
Sources close to the investigation tell ABC News that early evidence suggests that Allen’s plan was to target as many people as possible in a mass shooting.
On Monday, Allen was criminally charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump. Moreover, he was also charged with transportation of a firearm or ammunition in interstate commerce, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, a prosecutor said at his arraignment in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
Many videos were spread from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as people took shelter behind tables. Donald and Melania, alongside many others in the Trump administration, were taken to safety by Secret Service agents.
Still, afterward, conspiracy theories about what really happened – and if it was real – spread online.
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