A preliminary assessment by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis has found that suspect Cole Allen may have influenced his decision to attack the White House Correspondents' Association dinner dinner. The assessment was obtained through open records requests and shared with Reuters. The FBI has been investigating Allen's social media activity, including posts on a Bluesky social media account linked to him that criticizes U.S. actions in Iran and criticizes the Trump administration for immigration enforcement, Elon Musk, and Russia's war on Ukraine.