Authorities have announced additional charges against Cole Thomas Allen, accused of the shooting incident during last April’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The new charges include a terrorism count, which carries the possibility of a life sentence.
According to DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, Allen, 31, now faces five counts outlined in a superseding indictment. It is alleged that Allen circulated an anti-President Trump manifesto before he entered the Washington Hilton with a shotgun. Prosecutors claim he discharged the weapon at a Secret Service officer, but the bullet was stopped by a bulletproof vest.
Images from April 25, 2026, show Allen using his cellphone to capture a mirror selfie in his hotel room and being detained by law enforcement in Washington, DC. The dinner event witnessed panic as attendees took cover following the incident.
Allen was priorly charged with attempting to assassinate Trump, assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, transporting a firearm interstate with felonious intent, and firing a weapon during a crime of violence.
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