DHS says it may have an alleged motive for the attack during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsDHS says it may have an alleged motive for the attack during the White House Correspondents’ DinnerShooting suspect Cole Thomas Allen allegedly criticized the Iran war before the attack on the Correspondents’ DinnerJosh Marcus in San Francisco Thursday 07 May 2026 01:31 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2971890","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/white-house-shooting-cole-allen-motive-trump-b2971890.html","title":"DHS may have found motive for White House Correspondents’ Dinner attack: documents"}}CloseProsecutors release video of armed man storming correspondents’ dinnerSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politics","regS...