US EditionPirro Warns Against Political Violence in DC: ‘Not the Place’
Court papers say Cole Tomas Allen sent an apology note and outlined targets, while an officer was shot in a bullet-resistant vest.
- On Monday, federal authorities charged Cole Tomas Allen with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner after he stormed a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton.
- Investigators say Allen traveled from Los Angeles to Chicago, arriving in Washington on April 24, and had made hotel reservations weeks earlier after learning of the President's attendance.
- Armed with knives and guns, Allen signed his email "Friendly Federal Assassin" before discharging a shotgun that struck a Secret Service officer in his ballistic vest.
- At a Monday press conference, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro warned that Washington, D.C., is not the place for political violence, as Allen appeared in federal court without entering a plea.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche attributed the violence to heated rhetoric, noting this marks the third major case involving firearms and state-line travel in the past year, following attacks by Elias Rodriguez and Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
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White House Correspondents Dinner Shooter Might Have Been Radicalized By Jeffrey Epstein Conspiracy Theories
By Robert Romano The White House Correspondents Dinner shooter and would-be assassin Colin Allen’s manifesto has been published and it appears he was in part radicalized by the Congressionally-mandated release of the Jeffrey Epstein files under H.R. 4405, where he at one point falsely accused President Donald Trump of being a “pedophile”. Only a couple years ago, Epstein “reporting” — if you can call wild speculations about who was on the what t…
Pirro warns against political violence in DC: ‘Not the place’
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, warned against attempts at political violence in the nation’s capital at a press conference Monday announcing charges against the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner suspect. The attempted shooting at the annual black-tie event for journalists and public officials is the latest in a string of cases where defendants are accused of…
Cole Allen signed his pre-attack email 'Friendly Federal Assassin' and ranked every target highest to lowest, but one name was deliberately left off
A 31-year-old California man is now facing federal charges for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump following a violent incident at the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026. As detailed by the Washington Post, Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, was charged in court on Monday, April 27, 2026. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 10 years in prison and a potential life sentence. Court records and an FBI affidavit reveal the extent…
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