New Assault Charge in White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Case
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Cole Tomas Allen, the man implicated in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, was hit with a new four-count indictment charging assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon after allegedly firing at a U.S. Secret Service agent at a security checkpoint; prosecutors say he planned to assassinate President Trump and other officials, and the charges add to attempted assassination, a firearms crime, and illegal transport of weapons.
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- Correspondents’ dinner suspect faces new charge of assaulting federal officer The Guardian
- Pellet found in Secret Service agent's vest links suspect to WHCD attack, Pirro says NPR
- Accused correspondents' dinner shooter Cole Allen charged with assaulting a federal officer CBS News
- US adds officer-assault charge against suspect in Trump assassination attempt Reuters
- Secret Service agent ‘definitively’ shot by suspected gunman at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, US attorney says CNN
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