Lawyers for Trump ‘assassin’ Cole Tomas Allen cast doubt on DOJ’s account of shooting

NewsWorldAmericasUS Crime NewsLawyers for Trump ‘assassin’ Cole Tomas Allen cast doubt on DOJ’s account of shootingThe DOJ has not publicly confirmed that it was Allen’s bullet that struck an agent’s vestMichael Kunzelman & Alanna Durkin-RicherThursday 30 April 2026 17:00 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2968261","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/cole-tomas-allen-court-hearing-white-house-dinner-shooting-trump-b2968261.html","title":"Lawyers for press gala attack suspect cast doubt on DOJ’s account of shooting"}}CloseCorrespondents’ Dinner suspect charged with attempted assassinationThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USEmail*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_Evening_Newsletter","regTitle":"Evening Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"us_evening_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"4326e634-422a-4447-8e1e-604a937cd3b5","type":"daily_news","pathPrefix":["/us","/news/world/americas","/news/world/americas/crime"],"title":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday","mobileTitle":"Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews","regSourceSection":"US Crime News","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},...