Joy Reid alleges WHCA Dinner shooting staged to advance Trump White House ballroom plans
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Updated · Fox News · Apr 29
Joy Reid alleges WHCA Dinner shooting staged to advance Trump White House ballroom plans
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Apr 29
Reid made the claims on her podcast following the April 27 shooting at the Washington Hilton, where Secret Service officer was shot and suspect Cole Allen was charged with multiple felonies.
She questioned the event's security failures and cited parallels to alleged Russian plots, suggesting the incident benefited Trump, who was evacuated along with Cabinet officials and saw the dinner rescheduled.
White House spokesman Davis Ingle dismissed Reid's theory as baseless, while Reid's history of controversial statements and her show's 2025 cancellation were noted as context for her remarks.
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