White House Stormer's Weapon Journey

0:00It's April 26th. This is Hartford News today, your AI-powered local news. A 31-year-old guy named Cole Thomas Allen faces charges for storming the White House correspondence dinner. He quietly built up his weapons over time, grabbing a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun from a Torrance dealer, last August, and a semi-automatic pistol. From a spot in Laundale back in October 2023, Allen holds a mechanical engineering degree from Caltech since 2017, and was chasing a master's in computer science at California State. University, Dominguez Hills as late as this year. He hopped Amtrak trains from Los Angeles through Chicago all the way to Washington, then holed up at the Washington Hilton for days before making his. Move. President Trump called out an angry manifesto from Allen, packed with deep-seated hatred that sounded strongly anti-Christian. He'll say he targeted administration folks, but he's not talking to investigators at all. The whole thing sparking talks about why Amtrak doesn't make passengers declare guns like

1:03airports do. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche noted they haven't pinned down exactly how those weapons cross-state lines yet. Allen's hit with two federal counts right now, using a firearm and a violent crime and assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon, with more, charges likely coming. These do in federal court Monday for arraignment. As this unfolds, it'll test security gaps on the rails and keep the spotlight on lone actors with grudges worth, watching how it plays out.