Cole Allen, the California man who stormed the lobby of the Washington Hilton on Saturday night and opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, was arraigned in federal court in DC on Monday.
The 31-year-old was previously charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.
On Monday, Allen was hit with a total of 3 charges: Attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, transporting a firearm and ammunition with intent to commit a felony and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
BREAKING: Suspect in WHCA Dinner shooting charged with 3 counts including attempting to assassinate the president of the United States
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 27, 2026
More on this breaking story from Fox News:
JUST NOW: The arraignment of Cole Tomas Allen, the man arrested at the WHCD for attempting to breach the venue room with mulitple firearms, has ended.
“They did set a detention hearing for April 30th… May 11th is a preliminary.” pic.twitter.com/u2zM66Dqee
— TPUSA Rapid Response (@TPUSARapidRep) April 27, 2026
On Sunday, it was revealed that Cole Allen wrote a manifesto and expressed his hatred for “pedophile, rapist” Trump.
Cole Allen’s manifesto sounded like Democrat-media talking points. He called himself a ‘friendly federal assassin.’
“Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial,” Cole Allen wrote in the manifesto.
“I’m not a schoolkid blown up, or a child starved, or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration. Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes,” he wrote.
“I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,” Allen wrote.
Dramatic video shows the moment Secret Service rushed President Trump and First Lady Melania:
Additional footage released Saturday evening shows Cole Allen sprinting past a Secret Service checkpoint.
Analysis by the Washington Post reveals Cole Allen was able to sprint 60 feet past Secret Service before he was neutralized.
BREAKING…please check back for updates.
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