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(L–R) U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, and FBI Director Kash Patel, speak during a news conference about the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, at the Justice Department in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
A federal judge on June 22 denied Cole Allen’s request to disqualify acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro from his case.
Allen’s attorneys had argued that Blanche and Pirro’s presence at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner the night he allegedly tried to assassinate the president and other officials was a conflict of interest.
Stacy Robinson is a politics reporter for the Epoch Times, occasionally covering cultural and human interest stories. Based out of Washington, D.C. he can be reached at [email protected]
