New security video from the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner appears to show a police dog straining on its leash as it approached alleged gunman Cole Allen in a stairwell just seconds before he bolted past the Secret Service with a rifle. The footage shows a person appearing to be Mr. Allen casually walk into the stairwell, where he was immediately spotted by a passing K9 officer. The unidentified cop stopped and is seen briefly talking to someone inside the stairwell, presumably Mr. Allen, who just entered the passageway. The officer’s dog also showed interest. It followed the person presumed to be Mr. Allen into the stairwell and strained at the leash to go further inside. The police officer, however, twice snaps the leash to pull the dog away. The officer turns his back and walks down the hall. About one second later, Mr. Allen is seen running out of the stairwell wielding a long gun. He rushes through a magnetometer, past a group of startled Secret Service agents and other law enforcement. He was headed toward the ballroom where, authorities said, he planned to assassinate President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and many members of the Cabinet who were
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