Trump Says Suspect in WH Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Allegedly Wrote ‘Anti-Christian’ Manifesto

President Donald Trump said the suspect was a ‘very troubled guy.’
Trump Says Suspect in WH Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Allegedly Wrote ‘Anti-Christian’ Manifesto
Members of the FBI knock on doors of neighbors of a home associated with the suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter in Torrance, California, on April 26, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP
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President Donald Trump said on April 26 that the man accused of shooting a Secret Service agent at the White House Correspondents’ Association ​dinner had allegedly written a manifesto expressing “anti-Christian” views.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump described the suspect as a “very troubled guy” and said that he allegedly wrote a manifesto expressing hatred toward Christians and outlining intentions to assassinate Trump administration officials at the event.