NEW: Would-Be Trump Assassin Hit With Additional Felony Charges

Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the April 25 shooting attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, is now facing additional felony charges following a grand jury indictment. Prosecutors had initially charged him by criminal complaint with three counts after his arrest: one count of attempted assassination of the president, one count of transportation of a firearm with intent to commit a felony, and one count of discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.

The four-count federal indictment later added a charge of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro previously indicated that additional charges would be coming in the immediate aftermath of the attack. “There will be additional charges as this investigation continues to unfold,” she said.

“But make no mistake, this was an attempted assassination of the President of the United States, with the defendant making clear what his intent was. And that intent was to bring down as many of the high ranking Cabinet officials as he could. This is the kind of situation that we cannot tolerate.”

Cole Tomas Allen worked as a part-time teacher and tutor prior to carrying out the attack

The initial three charges carried potential sentences of up to life in prison for the attempted assassination and mandatory minimum terms for the firearms offenses. Allen made an initial court appearance on April 27 and has remained in custody pending further legal proceedings.

Allen was already facing the three counts filed by criminal complaint immediately after the incident. Those included the attempted assassination charge, which applies specifically when the target is the sitting president, along with the interstate firearm transportation count (stemming from weapons purchased in California and brought to Washington, D.C.) and the discharge of a firearm count tied to the exchange of gunfire.

The shooting occurred on April 25, 2026, during the WHCA Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. Allen, who had traveled by train from California and checked into the hotel the previous day, allegedly approached armed with a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, a .28-caliber semi-automatic handgun, and three knives.

Footage from the scene shows that Allen rushed a Secret Service checkpoint, breached security barricades on a floor above the International Ballroom — where President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Cabinet officials, and approximately 2,300 journalists and guests were gathered — and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement. One Secret Service agent was struck, but protected by a ballistic vest and recovered not long after.

Allen was then tackled by officers just feet from stairs leading to the ballroom and taken into custody without injury to himself.

Prior to carrying out the attempted assassination, Allen penned a manifesto in which he expressed his goal to assassinate as many Trump cabinet officials as possible and made numerous references to left-wing ideology.

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