{"id":25664,"date":"2025-12-01T20:03:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=25664"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:03:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:03:39","slug":"reports-dispute-trump-officials-claim-that-d-c-shooter-entered-u-s-unvetted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=25664","title":{"rendered":"Reports Dispute Trump Officials\u2019 Claim That D.C. Shooter Entered U.S. Unvetted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_71 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb entered litespeed-loaded td-animation-stack-type0-2\" title=\"ueofwe\" src=\"https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe-696x392.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe-696x392.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/defdeal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ueofwe.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_73 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<div data-widget-host=\"revcontent\" data-pub-id=\"196107\" data-widget-id=\"287185\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_post_share tdi_74  td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_74\">\n<div id=\"tdi_74\" class=\"td-post-sharing tdb-block td-ps-bg td-ps-notext td-post-sharing-style1 \">\n<div class=\"td-post-sharing-visible\">\n<div class=\"td-social-sharing-button td-social-sharing-button-js td-social-handler td-social-share-text\">\n<div class=\"td-social-but-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-text\">Share<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-social-but-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Trump-aligned officials claimed the Afghan suspect in the D.C. National Guard shooting was \u201cnot vetted\u201d before entering the U.S. during the 2021 evacuation, though independent reports indicate he underwent standard screening, leaving the vetting claims disputed.<\/p>\n<p>On November\u202f27, 2025, police identified the man accused of ambushing two United States National Guard service members near the White House as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29\u2011year\u2011old Afghan national. The attack reportedly involved a revolver and resulted in the death of one soldier, Sarah Beckstrom, and critical injury to another, Andrew Wolfe In the aftermath, officials under the administration of Donald J. Trump issued warnings and described the suspect as having entered the United States under a 2021 Afghan\u2011resettlement program.<\/p>\n<p>According to reporting in The Washington Post, however, Lakanwal did undergo vetting before his admission to the United States under Operation Allies Welcome (OAW), the 2021\u2011era initiative to resettle Afghan nationals after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Sources with direct knowledge of the process said the accused had been screened by U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism agencies prior to arrival, including biographic and biometric checks. Some also noted that Lakanwal had previously worked with CIA\u2011backed Afghan forces before coming to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these confirmations, senior officials aligned with the Trump administration \u2014 including the director of the National Counterterrorism Center and other high\u2011level figures \u2014 publicly claimed Lakanwal \u201cwas not vetted\u201d for entry as a civilian, but only under a military or wartime screening process in Afghanistan. Press statements and social\u2011media messages described the vetting process used in 2021 as minimal, arguing that the mass evacuation allowed many Afghans to enter with insufficient scrutiny. This version of events triggered a political backlash and fueled demands for sweeping reviews of immigration from Afghanistan, as well as an immediate halting of ongoing Afghan visa and asylum processing under OAW.<\/p>\n<p>This contradiction between what some officials claim and what investigative reporting reveals underscores a deeper problem: conflicting narratives about vetting and the safety of immigration pathways. Supporters of Afghan resettlement argue that OAW included rigorous screening by multiple agencies \u2014 including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. homeland\u2011security agencies \u2014 and that Lakanwal passed those checks before resettlement. Even after arrival, evacuees were subject to parole\u2011related monitoring, medical screenings, and additional vetting if they later applied for asylum or permanent status.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, experts and watchdogs have noted that the 2021 evacuation presented \u201cunprecedented challenges\u201d \u2014 the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, a huge inflow of evacuees, and limited time for interviews and background checks created real logistical constraints. But even in that context, available evidence suggests Lakanwal was processed through standard vetting channels, contrary to claims he entered \u201cunvetted.\u201d The discrepancy seems to stem not from a lack of records but from public messaging: some officials appear to be amplifying the narrative of a vetting failure to emphasize policy points about immigration and national security.<\/p>\n<p>What emerges, therefore, is a story mired in uncertainty, conflicting claims, and political pressure. The Nov.\u202f2025 shooting in Washington, D.C., is real \u2014 the suspect has been identified, charged, and accused of a deadly ambush. But the claim that he entered the United States without vetting appears to be false or at least unsubstantiated, according to investigative reporting. The incident has nevertheless reignited intense scrutiny of Afghan\u2011resettlement and asylum policies, prompting immediate administrative responses and rollback of visa processing. Whether the shooting will result in structural policy changes remains uncertain \u2014 but for now, the facts suggest that this was not a case of someone \u201cslipping through the cracks,\u201d but rather a failure or break in later stages: detection, monitoring, or post\u2011arrival oversight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share Trump-aligned officials claimed the Afghan suspect in the D.C. National Guard shooting was \u201cnot vetted\u201d before entering the U.S. during the 2021 evacuation, though independent reports indicate he underwent &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25666,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25664\/revisions\/25666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}