Major Update: The Trump Administration Caught Lying About D.C. Shooting Suspect as CIA Ties Exposed

Good afternoon, everyone. As many of us finish our Thanksgiving meals and try to enjoy a peaceful holiday, misinformation is spreading at full speed—and this one is too significant to ignore. A major falsehood circulating online, amplified by the White House and echoed by several media figures, claims that the D.C. National Guard shooting suspect was an undocumented immigrant who slipped through broken vetting procedures.

That narrative is simply false. I am debunking it on Thanksgiving so that every American knows the truth. If you value this kind of reporting, please consider subscribing today so I can keep expanding this platform and bring it to millions more households.

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The truth? The suspect was a vetted CIA-affiliated Afghan ally of the United States . Here are the verified facts:

The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was not an undocumented immigrant.

He worked with the CIA beginning around 2011, during the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.

He was vetted multiple times over more than a decade—by the CIA, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), and again during Operation Allies Welcome.

He passed every vetting process, including those conducted under both the Biden and Trump administrations.

He was granted asylum earlier this year—under the Trump administration.

These facts have been reported by Jennifer Griffin, a veteran Fox News national security correspondent with extensive access to intelligence and military sources.

According to Griffin’s reporting and senior U.S. officials:

Lakanwal began working with the CIA around 2011.

Before the CIA employed him, the agency conducted its own vetting using multiple intelligence databases, including the NCTC database.

During Operation Allies Welcome in 2021, NCTC performed a full background investigation before he was allowed entry to the United States. Nothing indicated ties to terrorism, radical networks, or security concerns.

He worked for the CIA at the Kandahar base, reportedly with a U.S. intelligence task force, and was among the Afghan allies evacuated by U.S. forces as Kabul fell. Having a CIA badge placed him in the “highest-trust” category during evacuation processing. This is from Griffin:

U.S. agencies have been conducting continuous, annual vetting of Afghan evacuees since 2021, especially following a disrupted 2023 terror plot in Oklahoma. Lakanwal again showed no red flags.

Upon resettlement, he applied for asylum and received it in April—approved by the Trump administration.

Despite this well-documented vetting history, some political figures—most recently U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro—are claiming that this attack occurred because individuals are being admitted into the country “without proper vetting.”

This is demonstrably untrue.

Donald Trump himself parroted the idea that this man entered America without proper vetting, despite his own Administration vetting him:

It is not merely a misunderstanding—it is a manufactured narrative that contradicts intelligence records, contradicts the procedures used over the last decade, and contradicts the public statements of senior officials across multiple administrations, including Trump’s own.

This misinformation is dangerous for several reasons:

It weaponizes a tragedy for political gain, rather than focusing on facts.

It unfairly maligns Afghan allies—the very people who risked their lives for U.S. forces for years.

It undermines trust in intelligence services, which carried out extensive vetting before and after the withdrawal.

It distracts the public from the real questions surrounding the incident.

At a moment when accuracy matters most, false claims create confusion and resentment. We owe the truth—not only to ourselves, but to the allies who stood beside American troops for twenty years.

The D.C. National Guard shooting suspect was not an undocumented immigrant.
He was a long-vetted CIA partner, screened repeatedly by U.S. intelligence, and legally admitted through a rigorous process overseen by both major parties.

Facts matter. And no amount of political spin can rewrite them.