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Charges Announced Against Press Gala Attack Defendant
On Monday, Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, announced three federal charges against Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in Saturday’s attack at the White House correspondents’ dinner.
“Today, the Department of Justice filed three federal charges in the United States District Court against Cole Tomas Allen. The first count is attempted assassination of the president of the United States. This count is punishable by up to life in prison. The second count is interstate transportation of a firearm to commit a felony. This is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. And the third count is discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, which is punishable by a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years, a maximum of life. And the 10 years is consecutive to any other sentence imposed.” Reporter: “Have you been able to determine whether the gunman fired shots? If so, how many shots he fired and who exactly — whose bullet hit the agent?” “We’re still — we want to get that right. So we’re still looking at that. It appears, and I don’t want to overstate because we are still looking at this, that there were shots that law enforcement fired. We have all the evidence is being examined very carefully and expeditiously, and we’ll know more soon. We do believe that, as the complaint lays out, that the suspect, that the defendant fired out of his shotgun, and we know that that happened. But as far as getting into exacting ballistics, I’m not going to do that today because it’s still being looked at and finalized.”
On Monday, Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, announced three federal charges against Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in Saturday’s attack at the White House correspondents’ dinner.
By Jamie Leventhal
April 27, 2026
