Did members of the press swipe bottles of wine from the tables right after the shooting during the White House Correspondents' dinner? No, that's not true: Everything at the dinner was paid for, a source close to the event told Lead Stories. The source added, "We have receipts for all of it. No one stole anything."
The claim appeared in a post and video (archived here) by the @TeslaBoomerPapa account on X on April 26, 2026. It read:
So, there you have press members STEALING wine bottles: this is who the press is!
Repugnant!
This is what a screenshot of the video in the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of post by @TeslaBoomerPapa on X.)
A source close to the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner told Lead Stories that nothing was pilfered. The source said the event ticket was all-included:
All wine was paid for. It was part of the tickets. Everything was paid for. We have receipts for all of it. No one stole anything.
