Randy Barnett
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Randy Evan Barnett is an American legal scholar. He is the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University, where he teaches constitutional law and contracts, and is the direct
Barnett in 2022
Barnett speaking at the 2013 FreedomFest in Las Vegas, Nevada
On the evening of April 25, 2026, gunshots were fired near the main security screening area for the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. President Don
Randy Barnett
…attorney in Brooklyn, New York. Their daughter, Laura Barnett, lives in Washington, D.C., and works for the Institute for Humane Studies. Following an armed attack on the 2026 White House Correspondents dinner by Cole Allen, Barnett posted on X: "If Barack Obama had a son, he'd attack the White House Correspondents Dinner like Cole Allen.", a mocking reference to a comment…
The White House Correspondents' Dinner was held at the Washington Hilton hotel, seen here in 2010.
Photograph of Allen taken by law enforcement shortly after the incident
President Donald Trump holding a meeting inside the Oval Office with cabinet members immediately after the shooting
Official Presidential Portrait of President Donald J. Trump