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On April 25, 2026, gunshots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. A Secret Service agent was hit and protected by a vest. The suspect, Cole Allen, 31, is in custody. He left a written manifesto stating he intended to target Trump administration officials. Whatever his motives, political violence has no place in a democracy. Full stop. The agent who took that bullet deserves our gratitude. We are relieved he is going to be okay. He also deserves an investigation the country can trust. Three people are leading it. Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for D.C., is a Trump loyalist confirmed in August 2025 who promoted election fraud conspiracy theories and was named in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was Trump’s personal defense attorney in the New York hush money trial. FBI Director Kash Patel is the author of a book that named individuals he described as threats to Trump. All three have documented personal loyalty to the man whose life was threatened that night. That is a conflict of interest. It does not mean the investigation will be corrupted. It means no one should have to take their word that it wasn’t. Appoint an independent special counsel with no prior relationship to the Trump administration. Require public disclosure of findings. A justice system that answers to no one earns no one’s trust. The agent who took that bullet, and every American watching, deserves better than that.