After a gunman allegedly attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, online conspiracy theories about the event spiked, according to a Washington Post analysis.
Cole Allen, 31, is in federal custody and has been charged with attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, transporting a firearm across state lines and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence after he allegedly charged a Secret Service checkpoint outside the room at the Washington Hilton Hotel where the dinner was being held.
President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, first lady Melania Trump, second lady Usha Vance and Cabinet members had settled in for the evening just minutes before Allen's alleged attack.
The Washington Post's analysis says that one in five posts by "left-wing and liberal influencers and politicians" in the immediate aftermath of the attack claims that it was staged, a hoax or a "false flag."
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, was perhaps the largest name among the conspiracy theorists, calling the incident "fake."
Other far-left influencers online made similar suggestions.
Morgan J. Freeman, a Hollywood director and producer — not to be confused with actor Morgan Freeman — simply wrote the word "STAGED" in all capital letters 132 times in a single X post Sunday afternoon. The post received 58,000 likes, was shared 9,400 times and was viewed 1.3 million times.
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