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President Donald Trump at a news conference after a gunman disrupted the White House correspondents' dinner last month. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds

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A YouGov survey conducted for NewsGuard found that 24 percent of Americans believe the April shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner was staged, including roughly a third of Democrats. Rampant conspiracy theories falsely claim the Trump administration staged the incident. The survey highlights growing distrust in government and media, experts say. Alleged gunman Cole Tomas Allen was indicted on a charge of attempted assassination of the president.

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