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Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old man charged in the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, is expected to make his first court appearance on Monday. Allen is expected to be arraigned on charges of using a firearm during a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. The brief court proceeding is expected in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in Washington.Authorities say Allen sent a concerning message to family members minutes before the attack. His brother contacted police in New London, Connecticut, after the attack already happened.Sources told Hearst Television’s National Investigative Unit that Allen shared writings with several family members indicating his intent to target Trump administration officials. Investigators also uncovered numerous anti-Trump social media posts linked to Allen. White House officials said Allen referred to himself as the “friendly federal assassin.” Officials said Allen was armed with multiple guns and knives when he ran past a security checkpoint at the dinner. In an interview Sunday on “60 Minutes,” President Donald Trump addressed the issue of political violence in the U.S. “It’s always been there. People are assassinated, people are injured, people are hurt, and I’m not sure that there’s any more now than there was,” Trump said. “I do think that the hate speech of the Democrats much more so is very dangerous. I really think it’s very dangerous for the country.” Keep watching for the latest from the Washington News Bureau:
Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old man charged in the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, is expected to make his first court appearance on Monday.
Allen is expected to be arraigned on charges of using a firearm during a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. The brief court proceeding is expected in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in Washington.
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Authorities say Allen sent a concerning message to family members minutes before the attack. His brother contacted police in New London, Connecticut, after the attack already happened.
Sources told Hearst Television’s National Investigative Unit that Allen shared writings with several family members indicating his intent to target Trump administration officials. Investigators also uncovered numerous anti-Trump social media posts linked to Allen.
White House officials said Allen referred to himself as the “friendly federal assassin.”
Officials said Allen was armed with multiple guns and knives when he ran past a security checkpoint at the dinner.
In an interview Sunday on “60 Minutes,” President Donald Trump addressed the issue of political violence in the U.S.
“It’s always been there. People are assassinated, people are injured, people are hurt, and I’m not sure that there’s any more now than there was,” Trump said. “I do think that the hate speech of the Democrats much more so is very dangerous. I really think it’s very dangerous for the country.”
Keep watching for the latest from the Washington News Bureau:
