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CNN video analysis: Gunman raised shotgun as he stormed security at press dinner

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Judge Moxilla A Upadhyaya sits in the courtroom during a hearing for Cole Tomas Allen


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By Katelyn Polantz, Michael Williams, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN

(CNN) — A federal judge privately admonished prosecutors for attempting to grandstand Thursday at a detention hearing for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman, according to a transcript first obtained by CNN.

“I don’t know what’s going on here. I know that you want to present your case, I guess, to some audience other than the Court,” Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya told three prosecutors in the courtroom on Thursday out of earshot of the public and press. “I don’t want this to turn into a circus.”

Upadhyaya’s comments highlight a dynamic that has arisen in the six days since Cole Tomas Allen allegedly tried storming the press dinner, with Trump administration officials aggressively describing their theory of the alleged attempted assassination of the president — the third in two years — in news interviews and unsolicited court filings.

Several times, DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro and others in television interviews have gone much further and given more definitive descriptions of the shooting than the detail that’s been represented in court from the FBI and Justice Department line prosecutors. They’ve also emphasized the law enforcement response as a success.

A CNN analysis of hotel surveillance video released by the DC US Attorney’s Office on Thursday, coupled with audio taken from inside the ballroom during the shooting, does not definitively conclude when or if Allen fired a shot. But the audio analysis does indicate that six shots total were fired during the incident, which aligns with initial statements by law enforcement that Allen fired one shot, while a responding officer fired five more.

Secret Service Director Sean M. Curran on Thursday said Allen shot an officer at point-blank range. Pirro said Thursday on Fox News that he fired at the Secret Service officer.

Court filings describing the events have been less definitive, and in some cases have contradicted the initial claims from top administration officials.

The latest available court filing describing what happened reads: “A USSS officer observed the defendant fire the shotgun in the direction of the stairs leading down to the ballroom.”

While Allen faces an initial charge of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, his charges could expand or be changed as a grand jury investigation progresses toward an indictment.

The investigation into the shooting remains in its early stages, the Justice Department has said repeatedly. The Justice Department didn’t respond to specific questions related to the video evidence released Thursday.

Questions about Allen’s intent as he ran toward the ballroom Saturday night are likely to linger over his legal case, and the Justice Department’s initial representations could become more important in court proceedings down the road.

His defense attorneys have already attempted in court filings to sew do

CNN video analysis: Gunman raised shotgun as he stormed security at press dinner

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Judge Moxilla A Upadhyaya sits in the courtroom during a hearing for Cole Tomas Allen


CNN

By Katelyn Polantz, Michael Williams, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN

(CNN) — A federal judge privately admonished prosecutors for attempting to grandstand Thursday at a detention hearing for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman, according to a transcript first obtained by CNN.

“I don’t know what’s going on here. I know that you want to present your case, I guess, to some audience other than the Court,” Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya told three prosecutors in the courtroom on Thursday out of earshot of the public and press. “I don’t want this to turn into a circus.”

Upadhyaya’s comments highlight a dynamic that has arisen in the six days since Cole Tomas Allen allegedly tried storming the press dinner, with Trump administration officials aggressively describing their theory of the alleged attempted assassination of the president — the third in two years — in news interviews and unsolicited court filings.

Several times, DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro and others in television interviews have gone much further and given more definitive descriptions of the shooting than the detail that’s been represented in court from the FBI and Justice Department line prosecutors. They’ve also emphasized the law enforcement response as a success.

A CNN analysis of hotel surveillance video released by the DC US Attorney’s Office on Thursday, coupled with audio taken from inside the ballroom during the shooting, does not definitively conclude when or if Allen fired a shot. But the audio analysis does indicate that six shots total were fired during the incident, which aligns with initial statements by law enforcement that Allen fired one shot, while a responding officer fired five more.

Secret Service Director Sean M. Curran on Thursday said Allen shot an officer at point-blank range. Pirro said Thursday on Fox News that he fired at the Secret Service officer.

Court filings describing the events have been less definitive, and in some cases have contradicted the initial claims from top administration officials.

The latest available court filing describing what happened reads: “A USSS officer observed the defendant fire the shotgun in the direction of the stairs leading down to the ballroom.”

While Allen faces an initial charge of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, his charges could expand or be changed as a grand jury investigation progresses toward an indictment.

The investigation into the shooting remains in its early stages, the Justice Department has said repeatedly. The Justice Department didn’t respond to specific questions related to the video evidence released Thursday.

Questions about Allen’s intent as he ran toward the ballroom Saturday night are likely to linger over his legal case, and the Justice Department’s initial representations could become more important in court proceedings down the road.

His defense attorneys have already attempted in court fi

La Fed insinúa sutilmente que solo están sobre la mesa recortes de tasas en medio de desacuerdos de algunos funcionarios

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Por Bryan Mena, CNN

Una palabra en el extenso comunicado de política de la Reserva Federal (Fed) publicado esta semana está causando consternación entre sus funcionarios, algunos de los cuales advierten que podría terminar costándole caro a la economía de Estados Unidos.

Esa palabra es “adicional”.

Desde principios de la década de 2000, la Fed ha señalado si las tasas de interés podrían subir, bajar o mantenerse sin cambios —lo que se conoce como “orientación futura”— mediante comentarios públicos de los funcionarios y comunicados de política emitidos tras cada reunión.

El miércoles, su más reciente orientación futura insinuó que tasas de interés más bajas podrían ser la única posibilidad en adelante, al señalar que considerará “ajustes adicionales al rango objetivo de la tasa de fondos federales”. En su decisión más reciente, la Fed mantuvo sin cambios esta semana su tasa de interés clave por tercera reunión consecutiva.

La palabra “adicional” en particular suscitó objeciones. Los presidentes de la Fed, Lorie Logan, de Dallas; Beth Hammack, de Cleveland; y Neel Kashkari, de Minneapolis, “no apoyaron la inclusión de un sesgo hacia la flexibilización en el comunicado en este momento”, informó la Fed el miércoles, por lo que los tres emitieron votos disidentes. Este viernes, los tres presidentes de la Fed publicaron comunicados en los que detallaron por qué eso fue un error.

Desde 2024, los únicos ajustes que la Fed ha hecho al rango objetivo han sido a la baja, impulsados en gran medida por señales de debilitamiento de la economía. Sin embargo, la situación económica ha cambiado drásticamente este año: la guerra entre Estados Unidos e Israel con Irán, que comenzó el 28 de febrero, ha mantenido los precios mundiales del petróleo rondando los US$ 100 por galón durante semanas y ha mantenido elevados los precios de la gasolina en Estados Unidos.

Puede haber consecuencias económicas graves si la Fed interpreta erróneamente la economía —incluso comunicar la dirección equivocada de las tasas de interés puede ser arriesgado—, dijeron los funcionarios de la Fed.

La orientación futura de la Fed “influye en las condiciones financieras y en la economía”, afirmó Logan en un comunicado este viernes, “y afecta el logro de los objetivos (de la Fed) de máximo empleo y estabilidad de precios”. Kashkari se hizo eco de eso en un comunicado separado este viernes.

Los funcionarios se rigen por su orientación prospectiva para contribuir a mantener la estabilidad de los mercados, aumentar la eficacia de la política monetaria e influir en las condiciones financieras.

Los observadores de la Fed interpretaron el uso de “adicional” en el comunicado de política como evidencia de un “sesgo hacia la flexibilización”, es decir, que los funcionarios se inclinan hacia la reducción de las tasas en el corto plazo, al tiempo que señalan que no es probable que haya aumentos de tasas. Fue un tipo raro de disenso sobre el lenguaje, no sobre el nivel de las tasas de interés, dentro de un comunicado de política monetaria.

Kevin Warsh, el elegido del presidente Donald Trump para dirigir la Fed, va camino de tomar las riendas en apenas unas semanas, y Warsh podría presionar para reducir las tasas, dado que fue elegido por un presidente que desde hace tiempo ha insistido en recortes de los tipos de interés. Eso también está alimentando la percepción de que la Fed se inclina a bajar las tasas, una postura a la que se oponen firmemente los tres presidentes de la Fed que manifestaron su disidencia.

Estas disidencias —más la separada de Miran, quien abogó esta semana por la reducción de las tasas— resultaron en un total de cuatro votos discrepantes, la cifra más alta desde octubre de 1992.

El comunicado de Hammack explicó que “este claro sesgo hacia

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