Gutfeld Called a DC Judge a Bowtie Douchebag on National TV

A man shot a Secret Service agent in the chest at the White House Correspondents' Dinner trying to kill the President.

Ten days later, a DC federal judge apologized to him.

Greg Gutfeld watched that unfold on national television and said exactly what many are thinking.

The Judge Who Thought the Assassin Deserved an Apology

Cole Allen, 31, traveled by train from California to Washington, took a selfie in his hotel room wearing an ammunition bag and shoulder holster, then stormed a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton on April 25 – shooting a Secret Service agent in the chest before being tackled.

He signed his pre-attack email to family "Cole 'coldForce' 'Friendly Federal Assassin' Allen."

When he got to jail, DC Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui called an emergency hearing – not to address the assassination attempt, but to apologize to Allen for his prison conditions.

Faruqui told Allen directly: "We are obligated to make sure you are treated with the basic dignity, and it seems you are not, and I am sorry."

Gutfeld Lit Up Faruqui in Front of Millions

"He's a bowtie douchebag," Gutfeld said on The Five, calling Faruqui a moron on live television.

"The judge apologized not once but three times. I bet he's never apologized once to a victim."

Gutfeld zeroed in on Faruqui's complaint that jail had limited Allen's freedom.

"It's called jail. What do you expect – relay races and face painting? You moron!"

Gutfeld then made the larger point that no one else in the media was willing to make.

"This is more about the acceptance and admiration of political violence on the left," he said.

"The savior complex is directed at an existential threat called Trump."

He was right.

Faruqui Has a History and It Points in One Direction

This did not happen in a vacuum.

Judge Faruqui has clashed repeatedly with US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, at one point telling her office it has "no credibility left."

Pirro fired back after Monday's hearing, writing that Faruqui "believes a defendant armed to the teeth and attempting to assassinate the president is entitled to preferential treatment in his confinement compared to every other defendant."

Faruqui also took a direct shot at Trump during the hearing – invoking January 6th defendants to argue Allen was being treated worse, then adding, "Pardons may erase convictions, but they do not erase history."

He worked in a jab at Trump's pardon of January 6 defendants while defending a man charged with trying to murder Trump.

That is a judge who has chosen a side.

The Two-Tiered Justice System Just Showed Its Face Again

Here is the pattern the establishment media refuses to say out loud.

Allen told FBI agents after his arrest that he had not expected to survive the attack.

Prosecutors used that to justify suicide watch – a standard precaution for a defendant who literally planned to die during his crime.

The judge overrode that logic and apologized for it.

These are the same DC courts that handed January 6th defendants maximum sentences for walking through open doors.

The same system that treated protesters inside the Capitol like domestic terrorists now treats an actual would-be presidential assassin like a wronged citizen.

The Secret Service agent who took a round to the chest while doing his job – the one who survived because he was wearing his gear – deserves a justice system that protects him with the same energy this judge spent protecting the man who shot him.

Faruqui spent his Monday making sure that man felt heard.

Sources:

• Samuel Short, "You Moron! Gutfeld Blasts DC Judge Who Apologized to Would-Be Trump Assassin Cole Allen," The Western Journal, May 6, 2026.
• "Suspect in White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Charged with Attempt to Assassinate the President," Department of Justice, April 27, 2026.
• "Pirro Rips Judge in Trump Attack Case for Apologizing to Cole Allen Over Jail Conditions," CNBC, May 4, 2026.
• "Who Is Judge Zia Faruqui? What We Know About the Federal Magistrate Who Apologized to Cole Allen," Fox News, May 5, 2026.
• "Judge Says He's 'Very Troubled' by Accused White House Correspondents' Dinner Gunman's Treatment in Jail," CBS News, May 4, 2026.