Judge denies correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect’s bid to disqualify Blanche, Pirro

A federal judge on Monday denied a request from Cole Allen, the alleged White House Correspondents’ dinner shooter, to bar acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro from being involved in the case. 

“In line with longstanding precedent, the Court finds that neither the officials’ dinner attendance nor their statements after the fact demonstrate a conflict of interest. Nor does Pirro’s friendship with the President,” U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden wrote in the order.

Allen’s bid to disqualify the pair came after both, in the wake of the shooting, said they could have been victims themselves had the alleged shooter managed to enter the........

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