It's Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 from Peachfish Productions. It's the gist. I'm Mike Peska.

It is possible that Cole Allen, the Washington Press Corps assailant, the would-be presidential assailant, never actually fired a shot.

He'd still be a gunman, but not the trigger man.

So the clues are that even though Janine Piro confidently said this in a press availability after the shooting,

I'm Janine Piro, I'm the United States Attorney.

Right now the defendant is being charged with two counts, 924C, using a firearm during a crime of violence

and a second crime under 111, which is assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon.

Allen was not charged with that particular crime, and 111 charges get hung on pretty much anyone who impedes

an ICE officer, so it's not a very high bar. Alan was charged with attempting to shoot or

assassinate a president that is based on his manifesto. And it was charged with discharging a firearm

during a crime of violence, which is confusing, given what we're

talking about, but he wasn't charged with shooting a police officer. Perhaps the officer was

hit with friendly fire. Also, acting attorney general Todd Blanche was asked this exact question,

did he shoot anyone? And he gave this last thing clarifying answer.

Have you been able to determine whether the gunman fired shots?

If so, how many shots he fired and who exactly, whose bullet hit the agent?

We're still, we want to get that right.

So we're still looking at that.

It appears, and I don't want to

overstate because we are so looking at this, that there were five, five shots that law

enforcement fired. We are, we have, all the evidence is being examined very carefully and

expeditiously, and we'll know more soon. Notice the shift in emphasis there. We know law

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