28 APR 26 SITREP

• Republican Senator Josh Hawley called for an investigation into the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting by Cole Allen, citing it as the third attempted assassination of President Trump within two years following incidents in 2024 first in Butler, Pennsylvania and a subsequent one in Florida.
• Failures at the Butler rally included lack of coordination between Secret Service and local law enforcement, unsecured rooftop access with direct line of sight to the stage, and assignment of a recently trained agent from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, Georgia to a high-risk protection role.
• Local law enforcement in Butler reported they were not looped into Secret Service planning, were told to stand down from assigned positions, and observed no effective interagency communication during the outdoor rally where civilians were killed.
• Reports also indicated Secret Service reliance on Homeland Security personnel not trained in personnel protection, raising concerns about resource allocation, interagency cooperation, and whether reforms were implemented after earlier assassination attempts.

• Cole Allen, a 31-year-old part-time teacher from California, appeared in federal court in Washington, D.C. after attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, with prosecutors filing three charges and indicating additional charges are likely.
• The attacker breached security, reached the steps of the ballroom, and shot both a police officer and a federal agent, demonstrating a breakdown in event-level security despite the presence of the Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and cabinet officials like War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
• A manifesto attributed to Allen contained repeated political accusations, justification for violence tied to law enforcement and military actions, and detailed planning decisions including weapon selection to limit unintended casualties.
• Allen also documented target selection and tactical considerations, including ammunition choice intended to avoid penetrating walls and limit harm to individuals beyond those inside the ballroom.

• Federal agents including FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension executed 22 search warrants across Minneapolis and surrounding areas, targeting locations such as daycares, autism centers, and the Somali Senior Center in the West Phillips neighborhood.
• Investigations focused on large-scale fraud schemes, with estimates ranging from $9 billion to $20 billion, including the EIDBI autism program that increased from $38 million to $324 million in four years under Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
• Authorities conducted surveillance for 30 to 60 days to document activity at suspected fraudulent businesses, tracking individuals entering and exiting facilities to build prosecutable cases across potentially thousands of locations statewide.
• Governor Tim Walz publicly claimed credit for cooperation between state and federal agencies during the raids despite prior criticism, as the operations coincided with his final State of the State address and followed years of investigative reporting and prior indictments nearing 100 in related cases.