Cole Tomas Allen Indicted for Attempted Presidential Assassination at White House Dinner
TL;DR
A four-count federal indictment charges 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump during the April 25, 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., including assaulting a U.S. Secret Service officer with a deadly weapon and related firearms offenses after traveling from California with a cache of ammunition; he was restrained after a gunfight with agents and arrested at the scene, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia leading the prosecution and the FBI and MPD investigating.
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- Indictment Charges Cole Tomas Allen with Attempt to Assassinate the President and Assault on a Federal Officer with a Deadly Weapon Department of Justice (.gov)
- Man charged with attempted Trump assassination indicted for assaulting Secret Service officer BBC
- Pellet found in Secret Service agent's vest links suspect to WHCD attack, Pirro says NPR
- Man Accused of Attacking White House Correspondents Dinner Indicted on Four Charges The New York Times
- Accused correspondents' dinner shooter Cole Allen charged with assaulting a federal officer CBS News
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