Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation FBI agents depart after entering a house associated with the suspected shooter at the press gala. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen FBI agents depart after entering a house associated with the suspected shooter at the press gala. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Man charged with attempting to assassinate Trump to remain in custodyCole Tomas Allen, 31, allegedly stormed the White House correspondents’ association dinner The man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump by rushing the black-tie press gala in Washington DC at the weekend where the US president was a guest, agreed on Thursday to remain in custody while his federal criminal case moves forward.The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was not planning immediately to contest prosecutors’ arguments that he was a danger to the community and should remain in jail, his attorney, Tezira Abe, said during a federal court hearing in the capital.Allen allegedly stormed a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton hotel where the annual White House correspondents’ association dinner was being held and fired a shotgun outside the doors leading into the ballroom where the US president, first lady Melania Trump and several cabinet members were already seated and the event was getting under way.Prosecutors argued…
Published: April 30, 2026 5:09 pm
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