Man Attempts Assassination at White House Dinner

0:00On April 30, a 31-year-old guy from Torrance, California, named Cole Allen, faces charges for trying to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondence Association dinner last Saturday night. Dressed in black pants, black shirt, and red tie, he snapped the selfie in his Washington Hilton room minutes before, loaded up with an ammo bag, gun, poster, and sheathed knife. He bolted toward security barricades near the ballroom, sparking a shootout with secret service agents. Prosecutors dropped new details in a court filing this week, pushing to keep Allen locked up pre-trial. They say he tracked Trump's moves online that night, even watching live feeds of the President pulling up to the hotel. Around 8.30 pm, preset emails went out from his account, including one titled apology and explanation. Trump walked away unhurt, but a secret service officer took around to his bulletproof vest and made it through fine. The incident cut short one of DC's biggest media bashes, with Trump hustled offstage

1:01and back to the White House in his tux two hours later. He called it a lone wolf attack on impactful leaders. Investigators believe Allen plotted this for weeks, and he popped up in court Monday, on the attempted assassination count. His lawyers argue he's innocent until proven guilty, while grabbing about jail conditions blocking private talks, stuck in a cage with restraints. Pulling over a shared phone, a hearing hits Thursday to decide if he stays detained. As the feds stress his shotgun blast at security shows real community risk, no matter his, clean record, global news today, powered by AI bringing you what matters worldwide. I'm Cory with the story.