Federal prosecutors released a video on Thursday showing the moment an armed man tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner to allegedly attempt to kill US President Donald Trump.

The US attorney for Washington, Jeanine Pirro, posted the video on social media amid speculation that a Secret Service officer was struck by friendly fire as the suspect attempted to storm past agents.

"There is no evidence the shooting was the result of friendly fire," she wrote.

Prosecutors had previously claimed that the agent was shot in his bullet-resistant vest, but did not confirm if the bullet came from the suspect's gun.

Trump, Pirro, Curran deny friendly fire

Secret Service ⁠Director ⁠Sean Curran claimed that the agent was shot at "point-blank range" by the suspect as he ran through a security checkpoint near the dinner.

"Our officer heroically returned fire," ​Curran said in an interview to Fox News, adding the agent fired five times.

Trump, too, denied that the agent was shot mistakenly by…