President Donald Trump speaks, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, during a press briefing at the White House, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Entertainer Oz Pearlman spoke about his experience being near President Donald Trump at the time shots were fired outside the Washington Hilton ballroom Saturday night.
The interaction took place at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on April 25, which was attended by Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, other administration officials, and members of the press.
