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A police dog at the White House Correspondents Dinner appeared to have gotten a sniff of the would-be assassin – but was pulled away seconds before Saturday’s shooting, new security footage shows.

The video released by the Justice Department Thursday shows a handler leading a security dog toward the door to a stairwell that alleged shooter Cole Allen would use to try to access the White House Correspondents Dinner armed with a shotgun, knives and other guns.

The dog lingers at the doorway for about three seconds, then walks away after getting an apparent tug from its handler. It then pauses and goes back inside the doorway. The footage does not include sound.

Immediately after the dog and its handler walk away, Allen is seen sprinting though the doorway and through a nearby metal detector, shotgun in hand. The K-9 handler then puts his hand on his right side near where a weapon might be holstered.

Critics of the security for the event that included President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials are questioning whether the footage points to yet another safety failure.

"The dog obviously knew something was going on and for whatever reason his handler pulled him away,” said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch. His group has slammed security lapses like protesters who accosted President Trump during a lunch outing last year. It sued for documents from the 2024 assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pa.

Allen “probably had the shotgun at the very moment and the dog was onto him. Did the handler see that there was something there? I don’t think by any stretch can this be seen as anything other than a failure by the Secret Service to secure the area around the president,” Fitton said.

"It looks like the handler pulls the dog back enough for him to open the door and run right past him,” said former Assistant FBI Director Chris Swecker.

He said the dog “was focused on that door” and that at a minimum agents, who were part of a multi-agency force, need to cover doors and stairwells leading to the dinner.

“If he’s brandishing a shotgun, you know – a peek on the other side? A little bit of curiosity might have . . . this is ordinary protection. This is not extraordinary protection. That’s what you need at this stage,” he said.

“What we do know is they didn’t look on the other side of the door, it doesn’t appear, and identify whoever was getting the dog’s attention. And then they gave them enough, plenty of opening, to just run right past him.”

Smart dog spots the assassin right away. Dumb guard walks off.

Boom — shooter runs out with a rifle.

The @FBI must investigate potential conspiracies involving Hilton staff or the WHCA to find the shooter’s accomplices.

Do you agree?

A. Yes
B. No pic.twitter.com/FJpY3noocI

— 𝔉🅰𝒏 Karoline Leavitt (@WHLeavitt) May 1, 2026

🚨🇺🇸 K9 footage from the WHCD: the dog was clearly suspicious of Cole Allen...

Handler pulled him off.

Seconds later, Allen breached.

Trust the dog. Always trust the dog... and fire the handler!pic.twitter.com/cpmQvy1q0b https://t.co/8z8JQsZ6ab

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 1, 2026

Watch how the female officers responded to the recent assassination attempt on Trump.

Be honest. Should women be in law enforcement? pic.twitter.com/JbS9wWh9Lu

— Amiri King (@AmiriKing) May 3, 2026

Las cuotas de género impuestas por el feminismo durante el atentado a Trump pic.twitter.com/hgfmXZyil2

— Abogadodijo (@AbogadoDijo) May 3, 2026

OLAADEGBU:
K-9 appears to sniff out White House Correspondents Dinner gunman Cole Allen — but gets pulled back

Critics of the security for the event that included President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials are questioning whether the footage points to yet another safety failure.

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Watch the dog and the officer at the door seconds before Cole Allen comes in.

This whole thing gets more shady. pic.twitter.com/yy9u7AqKDg

— Sarrah Bellus (@sarrah_bellus) May 2, 2026

Was The Secret Service Shooting at WHCD A Case of FRIENDLY FIRE?

Former FBI SWAT Member Ren McEachern: “I do believe, unfortunately, it was probably friendly fire, which often can happen in these chaotic situations if the training is not good.”

“And I want to actually point to… pic.twitter.com/eyHLhdJWCW

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 27, 2026

Axis313:
And someone will tell me it is not staged.

Hollywood movie as directed by Trump.

Saturnalia:
Ofcourse, only the braindead followers of Trump do not know that it was staged to garner sympathy for the Orange Baboon.

SixSeven:
The whole thing is suspicious to the s

https://xom/i/status/2048823489138737658

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Cause and Effect…
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Cause and Effect The White House Correspondents Dinner Assassination Attempt. Since Trump retook the White House, the ...

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🚨🇺🇸 K9 footage from the WHCD: the dog was clearly suspicious of Cole Allen...

Handler pulled him off.

Seconds later, Allen breached.

Trust the dog. Always trust the dog... and fire the handler!pic.twitter.com/cpmQvy1q0b https://t.co/8z8JQsZ6ab

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 1, 2026

OLAADEGBU:
K-9 appears to sniff out White House Correspondents Dinner gunman Cole Allen — but gets pulled back

Critics of the security for the event that included President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials are questioning whether the footage points to yet another safety failure.



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rapcy:
Country wey dey work sweet oo.


See men nah, one minute everybody don chase the guy not minding the fact that he had a superior arm. Non of dem ran back or tried to cover unlike some of our own for here, wey dey first hide first.

alobright17:
Men them for where ? You didn’t noticed the security lapses? Where one of the most protected president on earth is the entrance of the hotel not supposed to be protected with heavy guards who must do stop and search on all individuals entering the building?

rapcy:
Baba you can be taken unaware anytime, that is why no system is perfect. The fact that he couldn't execute his plan tells you how tight the security is.