President Trump Releases 'White House Shooting Attempt' Legal Document, Urges Court to Lift Injunction on East Wing Security Project

May 25 — U.S. President Donald Trump revealed a legal filing from Washington, D.C.’s federal court in a Wednesday social media post, detailing an incident near the White House earlier this month that left one person dead and another seriously hurt. The document notes that on the evening of May 23, a gunman fired a high-caliber weapon toward the White House from a spot just outside its security checkpoint. The U.S. Secret Service responded with return fire, killing the gunman and leaving a bystander with severe injuries. Key to the filing: The May 23 attack is labeled “the second assassination attempt targeting the president in one month” — a claim the Trump administration is using to push the court to lift an existing injunction blocking the White House’s East Wing security renovation project. Planned upgrades for the project include bulletproofing, blast-resistant structures, anti-drone systems, and sniper defenses, all designed to boost overall White House security. The administration argues in the filing that heightened global security threats call for a more robust, permanent defense system for the White House, adding that the ongoing court order “endangers the safety of the president and his family.”