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Showing Original Post only (View all)Legal filing raises questions about who shot Secret Service officer at press dinner [View all]
Source: Reuters
Summary
Court filing omits claim Allen shot Secret Service officer, contrasting with earlier official statements
Security footage reviewed by Washington Post shows no evidence Allen fired at officers
Source of officer's gunshot wound remains unclear
April 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. government court filing on Wednesday raised questions about officials initial assertions that a gunman shot a Secret Service officer while allegedly attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/legal-filing-raises-questions-about-who-shot-secret-service-officer-press-dinner-2026-04-29/
Lies, Lies and more lies.
Now, after the false claims about the "gunman" shooting a Secret Service officer, they omitted any mention of that in their filing in court.
All those lies they told the media. Not one word about "We made a mistake", much less than "We lied because we wanted to hype this to the press so we made up false stories".
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Legal filing raises questions about who shot Secret Service officer at press dinner [View all]
Wonder Why
Apr 30
OP
Looks like some of those "conspiracy theories" some folks here were were going on about aren't just theories.
sop
Apr 30
#1
Look at the threads where posters shared their theories about this incident and were called conspiracists.
sop
Apr 30
#6
Please answer what I asked, not give just a general "I'm right, but won't say how" reply (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 30
#16
Look at the threads yourself. Answer your own questions. I'm not going to waste my time looking for you.
sop
Apr 30
#18
Please answer what I asked, not give just a general "I'm right, but won't say how" reply (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 30
#19
Another SS with an ankle gun, shooting to wound to justify shooting dead Allen. Weird all those shots and Allen ...
marble falls
Apr 30
#3
For all the hyping, that shooting really didn't gain Trump much in the way of support.
Baitball Blogger
Apr 30
#7
Re WP analysis: S S agent with clear shot misses "shooter", hits S S agent. Wounded S S agent fires at least once,
flashman13
Apr 30
#9
Have you seen the video? The first shot was a close range head on shot. The second shot was at 10 feet max.
flashman13
Apr 30
#25
They got their lie into the narrative. It will be impossible to correct in the public mind.
ShazamIam
Apr 30
#15