Selfies reveal alleged weeks-long plot to kill Trump at White House dinner
Federal prosecutors released a detailed detention memo on Cole Tomas Allen, portraying a weeks-long plan to kill Donald Trump during the White House correspondents’ dinner, complete with selfies in a hotel room showing him armed with multiple firearms and knives. Allen allegedly charged through a Secret Service checkpoint with a 12-gauge shotgun, prompting an officer to exchange gunfire; the officer was shot but protected by a bulletproof vest. Surveillance suggests an officer fired in return even as coverage notes no clear evidence Allen fired. The filing cites pre-attack emails and a hotel-room postscript that reveal anti-Trump motives, and prosecutors say the weapons match those seized. Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, has not pled and faces a possible life sentence with a 10-year mandatory minimum if convicted.
