[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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Seems like there is decent chance that he might get off with light punishment based on the judge and jury pool. That will enrage a lot of Americans to the detriment of all the right people.
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Wussy. After tweet, manifestos, "revolutionary anger" *snort* and an apology for doing the deed, now he says it wasn't him?
#3
Gonna be tough to explain that narcissistic selfie pic of him dressing up like John Wick before the attempt. Perhaps the Austin Powers' "That's not me, baby!" defense?
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I guess the Dem's/Media now plan to milk the trial (OJ style) and promote their ANTI-Trump / Anti-MAGA agenda while doing so.
[FoxNews] The groups admitted to 16 violations and agreed to pay a record $300,000 fine, the largest in Georgia history
The Georgia Senate is ramping up its investigation into alleged campaign finance violations tied to Stacey Abrams’ voter outreach group, with a top lawmaker vowing to "follow the facts wherever they lead" as subpoenas have been issued to Abrams and other key figures.
The Senate Special Committee on Investigations announced Monday that Abrams, along with New Georgia Project leaders Lauren Groh-Wargo and Nsé Ufot, must appear before lawmakers at the State Capitol at 10 a.m. on Friday.
"This committee has a responsibility to follow the facts wherever they lead," said Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal, the committee’s vice chairman. "Georgia law requires transparency and accountability in our elections."
The subpoenas stem from findings by the Georgia State Ethics Commission that the New Georgia Project and its affiliated Action Fund violated campaign finance laws during the 2018 election cycle.
The groups admitted to 16 violations earlier this year and agreed to pay a $300,000 fine, the largest campaign finance penalty in Georgia history.
New Georgia Project shut down and dissolved in 2025 following mounting financial and legal troubles.
The Republican lawmakers explain in the press release that the goal of the probe is to figure out who was involved in the decision-making behind the violations, along with specifics on how the funds were managed and who was aware of the activity.
[Breitbart] Monday on MS NOW’s "Deadline," former FBI Director James Comey said President Donald Trump has a "bottomless desire to gain revenge against those who’ve criticized him." You misspelled "criminally persecuted", Asshat
Host Nicolle Wallace said, "I went back and looked and Donald Trump first use Twitter to call for your prosecution in 2017 or 18 and some combination of Don McGahn, then the White House counsel, Jeff Sessions, and the US attorney, Bill Barr, who came next. There was one guy in between, and then Pam Bondi, I guess, who allowed this to go forward, but only at great cost of that office, which was essentially hollowed out. The variable isn’t Donald Trump’s desire to see you prosecuted, it’s Todd Blanch and so I wonder if you think there’s anything personal there?"
Comey said, "I don’t think so. I think it’s just Donald Trump continuing to move through people until he finds those who will literally do whatever he says. Maybe he’s found that with Mr. Blanche, maybe not. Maybe his standards will be too high, as apparently Pam Bondi’s were, which is a bit of a shock. And so she’s apparently headed for some important private sector job we haven’t heard about yet. That may be Mr. Blanche’s future. Or maybe not, I don’t know, but Donald Trump has a bottomless desire to gain revenge against those who’ve criticized him."
Comey confuses American justice system with revenge. Comey as the victim, yes of course.
#7
That's rich considering that "Revenge!" is a core tenet of the Democrats' platform.
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05/12/2026 9:53 Comments ||
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Classica leftist game of the perp calling themselves the victim.
They do that. Over and over again they do that. They twist and spin and lie. They use words incorrectly and they base their arguments on false premises. It's all just different ways to lie. The amazing thing is that some foolish people believe them.
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05/12/2026 10:52 Comments ||
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Wonder if Bill Barr will come out of retirement and defend Comey.
…age 40, father of three and still married to their mother, born and raised in Cincinnati, the child of Indian immigrants, apparently of the Brahmin class. After getting a BA from Harvard (interning at Goldman Sachs and growing a reputation as a libertarian) and a JD from Yale (where he was classmates with VP JD Vance and hung out with a Jewish debating society, no doubt an interesting contrast to his Jesuit high school), entrepreneurial and financial investments catapulted him solidly into low billionaire status. Then politics caught his interest, as embodied by Donald Trump and his circle, and the dangers of wokeness, and he decided that Ohio needed him more than the federal government…
is calling for a major crackdown on Medicaid fraud in the state after a probe allegedly uncovered millions of dollars in taxpayer funds being funneled to nonexistent home-healthcare companies.
The investigation found 288 separate Ohio home-healthcare companies with the same address — while listed locations for some of the supposed businesses appeared run-down or abandoned with no evidence any services were actually being provided.
"We’re going to have to take a deep, hard look at the way the $40-plus billion in state Medicaid dollars are being spent," Ramaswamy told Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany during an appearance on "Saturday in America."
"I think the right answer is any instance of waste, fraud, abuse... deserve[s] to be prosecuted, and we intend to investigate them aggressively, as well as to prosecute aggressively, to send a deterrent signal that our government is not a piggy bank, the taxpayer is not a piggy bank to be bilked," he said.
The billionaire Republican candidate sounded the alarm after the recent Daily Wire report alleging widespread fraud reminiscent of what investigators found at dozens of purported childcare businesses operating in Minneapolis in recent months.
#3
I wonder if dems have made a draconian, existential decision - other candidates will step back (some form of future benefits will appear for them), and Becerra will be the lone dem candidate, with heaps of La Raza, Reconquista, Homeboy Hispanic and Olivera Street stories and supporting events, massive flood of foreign money, and poof, Another Dem wins the Sacramento Sweepstakes.
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3^
becerra is running for Gov of CA and candidates like Porter. Mahan and Steyer are almost certainly not pulling out,
this post was about the contest for mayor of LA
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05/12/2026 14:16 Comments ||
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Ego maniac Steyer won't quit.
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05/12/2026 16:18 Comments ||
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^ Or run out of money.
Voters? Probably. He's not popular, and trying to ram his face on every ad doesn't help.
Steyer, Becerra, and Porter are spending $$ pulling each other back into the boiling pot like escaping crabs
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It’s wonderful, Frank G — all that Progressive money wasted instead of spent effectively.
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