{"id":79627,"date":"2026-05-08T03:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/accused-correspondents-dinner-shooter-seeks-to-disqualify-pirro-and-blanche-because-they-attended-press-gala\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T03:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:48:12","slug":"accused-correspondents-dinner-shooter-seeks-to-disqualify-pirro-and-blanche-because-they-attended-press-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/accused-correspondents-dinner-shooter-seeks-to-disqualify-pirro-and-blanche-because-they-attended-press-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused correspondents&#8217; dinner shooter seeks to disqualify Pirro and Blanche because they attended press gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Attorneys for accused White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner shooter Cole Allen asked a judge Thursday night to disqualify U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro and other senior Justice Department leaders from the case because they were present during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.292089\/gov.uscourts.dcd.292089.24.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">motion<\/a>, his lawyers led with a quote from FBI Director Kash Patel, who appeared at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/video-repository\/patel-doj-whcd-042726.mp4\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press conference two days after the shooting<\/a> to discuss the case alongside acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Pirro.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This one hits a little differently. We were all there,&#8221; the motion quotes Patel as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Allen has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump, assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and two gun counts. He has not yet entered a plea.<\/p>\n<p>Allen&#8217;s legal team argued Thursday that Pirro and Blanche should be disqualified due to their status as &#8220;purported victims and witnesses in this case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His lawyers noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.291781\/gov.uscourts.dcd.291781.10.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal prosecutors have accused<\/a> Allen of trying to kill &#8220;high-ranking government officials&#8221; \u2014 a term that could refer to Blanche and Pirro. They also pointed out that Pirro is a longtime friend of Mr. Trump&#8217;s, and said she has &#8220;referenced her status as a potential victim&#8221; in media appearances where she discussed her experience in the ballroom, including one CNN interview in which Pirro <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/sotu\/date\/2026-05-03\/segment\/01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> she was &#8220;in that combat zone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The filing cited internal Justice Department rules that direct employees to recuse themselves from any criminal investigations where they may have a conflict of interest or a personal relationship with people involved in a case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As this case proceeds closer to trial, the country and the world will continue to wonder\u2014how can the American justice system permit a victim to prosecute a criminal defendant in a case involving them?&#8221; they wrote. &#8220;Or even\u2014how can one of the victim&#8217;s closest friends prosecute the alleged perpetrator of the offense?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBS News has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have accused Allen, 31, of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/projects\/2026\/whcd-hilton-security\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sprinting through a security checkpoint<\/a> one floor above the correspondents&#8217; dinner while armed with a handgun, a shotgun and several knives. Authorities say he fired his shotgun at an officer who was hit in his protective vest, and the officer fired back five times but didn&#8217;t hit him, before Allen was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Allen allegedly <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-suspect-manifesto-details\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sent an email to family members<\/a><\/span> on the night of the dinner claiming he planned to target Trump administration officials aside from Patel, &#8220;prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.&#8221; A range of administration figures were present at the annual event, including Mr. Trump, much of his Cabinet and other high-level federal officials.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div 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