The footage, released by U.S. Attorney for Washington Jeanine Pirro, appears to show suspect Cole Tomas Allen running through a magnetometer checkpoint at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night carrying a long gun before pointing the weapon at a Secret Service agent, who then fired back multiple times.

Authorities said Allen, 31, was injured during the confrontation but was not struck by gunfire. The incident disrupted one of Washington’s highest-profile annual gatherings, attended by journalists, senior administration officials and President Trump.

Prosecutors had earlier stated that a Secret Service officer was struck in the chest by gunfire but protected by a bullet-resistant vest. Questions had emerged over whether the injury resulted from Allen’s weapon or possible friendly fire during the chaos.Pirro said Thursday there was no evidence the officer had been hit by friendly fire.

The video appears to show Allen’s weapon raised toward the officer before the agent discharged his firearm five times. It remains unclear from the footage at what precise moment Allen’s weapon was fired.Allen appeared briefly in federal court on Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya, where he agreed to remain in custody pending trial. He did not enter a plea.

He was formally charged on Monday with attempted assassination of the president, along with two additional firearms offenses, including discharging a weapon during a crime of violence. He faces up to life in prison if convicted on the attempted assassination charge alone.

Court filings from prosecutors said Allen had taken a photograph of himself in his hotel room minutes before the attack while carrying an ammunition bag, a shoulder holster and a sheathed knife.

Authorities also cited messages they say indicate motive, including one in which Allen referred to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” and expressed grievances related to multiple Trump administration policies. Prosecutors said the evidence pointed to a deliberate attempt to reach the ballroom where Trump was speaking.

Defense lawyers challenged that interpretation, arguing in court papers that the government’s case relies heavily on assumptions about intent and noting that Allen’s writings did not explicitly mention Trump by name.“The government’s evidence of the charged offense the attempted assassination of the president is thus built entirely upon speculation,” defense attorneys wrote.

The nearly six-minute surveillance compilation released by prosecutors includes footage from the day before the attack showing Allen walking repeatedly through a hotel hallway and briefly entering the gym.

At the security checkpoint, the video shows officers dismantling magnetometers and standing nearby when Allen suddenly emerges from a doorway and sprints toward the screening area. Most officers appear caught off guard as he rushes past them.

Only one visible officer appears to draw a weapon before Allen reaches the checkpoint. Pirro identified that officer as the agent who was struck and returned fire.Secret Service Director Sean Curran defended the agency’s handling of security for the event, saying the attack was contained within seconds at the outermost perimeter of a multi-layered protective zone around the president.

“The site was set up perfectly,” Curran said in an interview with Fox News, adding that multiple physical barriers and additional armed officers stood between the checkpoint and the ballroom podium where Trump was seated, approximately 355 feet away.

Allen, from Torrance, California, worked as a part-time tutor for a test preparation company and was also described by authorities as an amateur video game developer.

The remark came during Thursday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” in which Kimmel staged a parody version of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, appearing in a tuxedo behind a podium and delivering jokes aimed at the Trump administration and political figures, including the first lady.

Referring to Melania Trump in a staged audience cutaway, Kimmel said, “Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”The joke drew sharp condemnation from both the president and first lady after a security scare at the actual correspondents’ dinner on Saturday, when a California man armed with guns and knives allegedly attempted to enter the Washington ballroom where Trump, Melania Trump and senior U.S. political leaders were gathered.

Authorities later charged Cole Tomas Allen with the attempted assassination of the president.Melania Trump said in a social media post that “people like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate,” describing the comedian’s remarks as “hateful and violent rhetoric” intended to divide the country.

“A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him,” she wrote. “Enough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand.”Trump repeated the demand on his Truth Social platform, calling Kimmel’s comment a “despicable call to violence” and saying the comedian should be “immediately fired” by ABC and its parent company, Walt Disney Co.“

I appreciate that so many people are incensed by Kimmel’s despicable call to violence, and normally would not be responsive to anything that he said but, this is something far beyond the pale,” Trump wrote.ABC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also criticized the late-night host, saying the remark reflected broader rhetoric from Democrats and parts of the media that had helped “legitimize this violence.”

“Who in their right mind says a wife would be glowing over the potential murder of her beloved husband?” Leavitt said, although there was no indication Kimmel was directly referring to violence.The National Religious Broadcasters association said it had filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission seeking an investigation into ABC, arguing that repeated jokes about political violence contribute to a broader culture of instability.

“We’re seeing a pattern of violence in this country that didn’t appear overnight,” NRB President and CEO Troy Miller said. “When influential voices joke about death or treat political opponents as disposable, it contributes to a culture where violence feels thinkable to the already unstable.”Kimmel, one of Trump’s most frequent late-night critics, has repeatedly clashed with the administration.

Last year, ABC temporarily suspended him after comments related to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk triggered backlash from Trump allies and some local affiliates. The suspension followed pressure from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee.

Kimmel later returned to air, saying he had not intended to make light of Kirk’s killing, though he stopped short of an apology and criticized station owners who removed him from programming before later reinstating him.Shortly after that episode, ABC signed Kimmel to a one-year contract extension that keeps him on air through May 2027.

His program has aired on the network since January 2003.During Thursday’s monologue, Kimmel also joked about Melania Trump’s birthday, saying she planned to celebrate “the same way she always does looking out a window and whispering, ‘What have I done?’”He also made a separate joke referencing Jeffrey Epstein while introducing the president and first lady.

Kimmel had not publicly responded to Monday’s criticism.