The man previously charged with four counts for his alleged role in the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD) is facing a new terrorism charge.
On Friday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced that Cole Tomas Allen, who was previously charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump among other offenses, now faces an additional count of committing an act of terrorism while armed (for the attempted first-degree murder of the President of the United States) in violation of the D.C. criminal code, added via a superseding indictment.
On April 25th, Allen purportedly charged a security checkpoint and shot a U.S. Secret Service member at a black-tie dinner that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump had attended alongside several administration officials.
Federal prosecutors have labeled the attack an act of political violence, citing a manifesto Allen had apparently sent to his family members approximately ten minutes before charging the security check point.
