Suspect in correspondents’ dinner shooting donated to Kamala Harris campaign

Published April 26, 2026 9:17am ET | Updated April 26, 2026 9:17am ET



The man set to be charged with carrying out an attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner appears to have donated to former Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. 

The suspect, who is in custody and has been widely identified as Cole Tomas Allen, contributed $25 to a Democratic Party political action committee in support of Kamala Harris for president in 2024, according to federal campaign finance records. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the suspect is believed to have been targeting members of the Trump administration, including President Donald Trump, who was attending the dinner.

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