Fox News hosts grill Kash Patel over serious security lapses at White House Correspondents' Dinner: 'How does that happen? It was a failure!'

By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 13:49, 27 April 2026 | Updated: 13:52, 27 April 2026 Fox News anchors put Kash Patel on the hot seat Monday morning, demanding answers about security failures at the White House Correspondents' Dinner attended by Donald Trump and his top cabinet members. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was taken into custody at the dinner Saturday night in Washington. Allen was detained after attempting to attack the dinner while armed with a shotgun, handgun, and knives. The suspect exchanged gunfire with Secret Service agents at a checkpoint outside a ballroom hosting the President and First Lady.   'They did a great job on on the ground, but they remain reactive. The proactive approach is still under great scrutiny. The President United States is averaging an assassination attempt once a year,' Fox anchor Lawrence Jones told Patel.  'So who's going to do the investigating of the procedures Secret Service can't investigate themselves,' Jones continued. 'There's still people in leadership at the Secret Service that were responsible for Butler.' 'How does that happen?! It was a failure, right?!' The suspect worked part-time for the last six years at a company that offers tutoring to aspiring college students in Torrance, California.  A  manifesto details how suspected gunman was targeting the President and his senior cabinet officials.  Allen is expected to be arraigned in DC on Monday for two counts of wielding a firearm during a crime of violence and one count of assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon. The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.