Jeanine Pirro Erupts: “Allies Welcome? You Picked the Wrong Target” – Fiery Slam on Afghan Suspect in National Guard Shooting

In a blistering morning press conference that lit up Washington like a Fourth of July fuse, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro didn’t just announce charges—she declared war on what she called a “direct betrayal of America’s trust” in the brazen shooting of two National Guard members by an Afghan national.

Just 30 minutes ago, on November 27, 2025, Pirro, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel and a phalanx of federal badges, stood at the podium outside the White House and unloaded on the suspect in the horrific attack that left two young Guardsmen fighting for their lives.
“You picked the wrong target, the wrong city, and the wrong country,” she thundered, voice like a gavel mid-swing. “And you will be sorry for the violence and the evil you perpetrated in our nation’s capital.” The room of reporters, already tense from the overnight horror, erupted in murmurs as Pirro hammered the Biden-era “Allies Welcome” policy that brought the alleged shooter stateside.

The suspect, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal from Bellingham, Washington, allegedly drove 40 hours cross-country to D.C., armed with a .357 revolver, and ambushed two West Virginia National Guardsmen on “high visibility patrol” just a block from the White House.
Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, were shot multiple times in an “ambush-style” attack, Pirro said, with Lakanwal firing point-blank and reloading before being taken down. Both victims remain in critical condition at area hospitals, having undergone emergency surgery. Lakanwal, who worked with U.S. forces in Kandahar before the 2021 withdrawal, entered via Operation Allies Welcome—a Biden program resettling vulnerable Afghans—and was granted asylum in April 2022.

Pirro didn’t hold back on the policy that let him in.
“The prior administration made the decision to allow thousands of people into this country without doing a single piece of vetting,” she fumed. “That’s how you miss every single sign.” CIA Director John Ratcliffe confirmed Lakanwal’s prior role as a “partner force” member, ended with the chaotic evacuation. “We justified bringing him here,” Ratcliffe admitted, slamming the “disastrous” withdrawal. Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed terrorism charges and the death penalty if the Guardsmen don’t survive, adding, “We’ll do everything in our power to seek justice.”

The attack, on the eve of Thanksgiving, has ignited a national fury.
Trump, from Mar-a-Lago, demanded a full audit of Allies Welcome refugees in a video address: “This underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation.” Streets around the White House are sealed, with 500 additional Guardsmen deployed amid heightened alerts. The victims’ families issued statements: Beckstrom’s parents called it “senseless evil,” while Wolfe’s fiancée pleaded for prayers.

Social media is ablaze, with #AlliesWelcomeBetrayal trending alongside #JusticeForGuardsmen.
Conservatives rally behind Pirro’s rhetoric, while critics decry the politicization of tragedy. Vigils lit up D.C. parks, with 1,200 attendees holding American flags and blue ribbons for the troops. As charges mount—three counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, plus firearm possession—Lakanwal, wounded in the takedown, faces life or death row.

Pirro’s question isn’t just rhetoric.
It’s a reckoning for policies that promised welcome but delivered danger.

From chaotic withdrawals to capital ambushes,
America’s trust hangs by a thread.
And in D.C.’s dawn,
Jeanine Pirro just pulled it tight.