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Suspect in attempted Trump assassination at White House press gala pleads not guilty

2026-05-12

[IsraelTimes] Cole Allen, 31, is accused of attempted assassination of the president, assault on a federal officer and gun crimes for April shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The man accused of attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...
at a White House news hounds’ gala last month pleaded not guilty
"Wudn't me."
to all charges on Monday.

Cole Allen,

…also in our archives as Cole Tomas Allen, a plain vanilla Progressive: bright, expensively educated, underperforming, and living at home with his parents because he failed to fully launch. Possibly autistic — that part remains speculation — he bought everything the Progressive world is selling about President Trump, and decided that he personally needed to fix the problem. He failed at that, too. Hopefully his trial will reveal any Antifa/Black Bloc connections, as some are claiming he attended No Kings protests…

31, of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, did not speak in court as his attorney Tezira Abe entered the plea on his behalf. The charges include attempted liquidation of the president, assault on a federal officer and firearms offenses.

Prosecutors allege Allen fired a shotgun at a US Secret Service agent and stormed a security checkpoint in a foiled attack on Trump and other members of his administration at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Allen allegedly traveled to Washington by train, carrying a shotgun, pistol and knives, and booked a room in the Washington Hilton where the April 25 dinner took place.

Allen wore an orange jumpsuit and was shackled at the waist during the brief court proceeding. It was his first appearance in Washington federal court before the judge who will preside over the remainder of the case, US District Judge Trevor McFadden.

A different judge last week apologized to Allen for his treatment in a local Washington, DC, jail, which included being placed on suicide precautions and isolated from other inmates.

The proceeding previewed the next major legal battle in the case, Allen’s attempt to have acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and US Attorney Jeanine Pirro disqualified from the case because they were present at the dinner and may have been among Allen’s alleged targets.

Allen’s lawyer, Eugene Ohm, said the defense is likely to seek recusal of the entire US Attorney’s Office in Washington, which Pirro leads, because of her friendship with Trump and status as a potential victim.

"It is wholly inappropriate for victims of an alleged event like this to be individually prosecuting the case," Ohm said.

Prosecutors are set to respond to the defense’s legal filing by May 22. Pirro previously told CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
in an interview that "my ability to prosecute this case has nothing to do with my being there."

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