Trump denies calling ABC’s Jonathan Karl after assassination try

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President Donald Trump on Monday mentioned he didn't name to examine on ABC Information chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl following final month’s White Home Correspondents’ Affiliation Dinner.

The annual WHCA Dinner was interrupted when an armed gunman rushed past a security checkpoint throughout an obvious assassination try. The gunman was subsequently tackled to the bottom and brought into custody. Nobody was severely injured within the chaos, however Trump was rushed off-stage as hundreds of attendees ducked for canopy below their ballroom tables. The next morning, Karl informed ABC viewers that Trump referred to as his dwelling to see if he was OK, however the president insists he by no means made the decision.

"Jonathan Karl, of ABC Faux Information, made a press release that I referred to as him early within the morning, the day after the assassination try, to ask whether or not or not HE was OK. No, this was a success on ME, not HIM, and I didn’t make such a name, why would I try this? He referred to as me, however I didn’t take his name — He simply confirmed that to me when he referred to as once more. I'd say that’s very dishonest reporting," Trump posted on Truth Social .

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President Donald Trump mentioned he didn't name to examine on ABC Information reporter Jonathan Karl following final month’s White Home Correspondents’ Affiliation Dinner. (Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC by way of Getty Pictures; Fabrice Coffrini/ AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

Trump continued, "He’s making an attempt to make himself look necessary however, I’m not shocked, as a result of it comes from ABC Faux Information!"

Trump’s social media publish contradicts what Karl mentioned on ABC’s "This Week" the morning after the WHCA Dinner.

"My cellphone rang shortly after 7 a.m.… my landline, George, truly a quantity that few folks name, and it was President Trump calling. He mentioned, at first, he was calling to see if I used to be OK with what occurred final night time, ‘Are you OK?’ Then he reiterated most of the issues he mentioned in his press convention," Karl informed George Stephanopoulos on the Sunday program.

ABC Information didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.

ERIKA KIRK BLASTS KIMMEL'S 'CRUEL' JOKE ABOUT TRUMP'S DEATH, LAMENTS NATION'S 'EPIDEMIC OF DEHUMANIZATION'

President Donald Trump speaks throughout a press convention within the Brady Briefing Room of the White Home on April 25, 2026, after the cancellation of the annual White Home Correspondents Affiliation Dinner following a doable taking pictures. (Nathan Howard/Getty Pictures)

Cole Allen, 31, is dealing with federal costs of trying to assassinate the President of the US, transporting a gun throughout state traces and discharging a gun throughout against the law of violence after he allegedly ran by a Secret Service checkpoint and opened fireplace only one ground from the place the president and a number of other high-level Cupboard officers had been attending the gala.

Authorities have pointed to an alleged manifesto penned by Allen indicating that he supposed to focus on Trump and members of his administration over political grievances.

TRUMP URGES ABC TO FIRE ‘SERIOUSLY UNFUNNY’ JIMMY KIMMEL, SAYS IT ‘BETTER BE SOON’

U.S. President Donald Trump is escorted out through the annual White Home Correspondents' Affiliation dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026, on this display seize from video. (Bo Erickson /Reuters)

Trump has been an outspoken critic of ABC Information, recurrently accusing the Disney-owned outlet of bias in opposition to him.

ABC famously settled a defamation lawsuit in 2025 with then-President-elect Trump for $15 million, after Stephanopoulos repeatedly and incorrectly asserted Trump had been discovered "accountable for rape" in a civil trial final 12 months. ABC moreover paid $1 million for President Trump’s authorized charges.

Trump has additionally referred to as for ABC to fireside late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over the comic's controversial "expectant widow" joke.

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Fox Information Digital’s Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.

Brian Flood is a media editor/reporter for FOX Information Digital. Story ideas could be despatched to brian.flood@fox.com and on Twitter: @briansflood.