Suspect in D.C. press dinner shooting indicted for attempt to assassinate Trump

By: Ashley Murray

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 462

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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WASHINGTON — The alleged White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on four federal charges, including attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump and assaulting an officer or employee of the United States with a deadly weapon.

The three-page indictment alleges 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, of California, “knowingly and by means and use of a deadly and dangerous weapon” forcibly assaulted, intimidated or interfered with an unidentified U.S. Secret Service agent …

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