White House Shooter's Security Rant

0:00It's April 27. You're listening to entertainment and celebrity news today. AI-powered pop culture updates. I'm Cory with the story. Cole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old suspected shooter at the White House Correspondence dinner on Saturday, got a rain in federal court on Monday. He's facing charges for attempted assassination of the president plus two federal gun crimes. Just 10 minutes before the shots rang out, he sent a message to family ripping apart the event's security, calling it a total joke. In that note, Allen said he expected cameras everywhere, bugged rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, and metal detectors galore. But what he found? Basically nothing. No security in transport, the hotel, or even at the event itself. He felt like he was on some kind of prank show. He walked right into the Hilton with multiple weapons, and staff didn't bat an eye. Giving off this arrogant vibe like threats weren't even on there. Radar. Allen even said if he were an Iranian agent, he could have strode in with a massive machine

1:01gun, and nobody would have noticed. Meanwhile, security was too busy eyeing protesters outside. Video from the dinner shows President Trump at a table, when bangs echo through the ballroom. Secret service agents hit the deck with him and the vice president, then hustled everyone out. One officer took a bullet, but his best saved him, Allen ended up at a hospital for checks, no major injuries. Those whole things got folks questioning how such a high profile event let someone slip through like that. Allen signed off his ran-as, cold force, and friendly federal assassin, and now the feds are digging deeper into those massive security gaps.