Cole Allenthe man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump during a White House correspondents’ dinner, would have been removed from an isolation cell and transferred to a regular one.
Allen, 31, had been held in a California prison, specifically one with security surveillance. alleged suicide risks. This decision caused The man’s defense filed a complaint stating that this type of confinement was “unnecessary”.
According to court documents, Allen’s defense asked to cancel the hearing scheduled for this May 4 about the conditions of his client’s confinement, by stating that he was not under the suicide prevention program.
However, Judge Zia Faruqui, of the Federal Court of the District of Columbia, denied the request and, although she ordered Allen to be removed from solitary confinement, He said he will hold the hearing because there are “serious concerns about unjustified isolation”.
Faruqui also apologized to Allen for the conditions to which he was subjected in prison.
“I’m sorry. Whatever happened, I apologize.“said the judge, according to local media such as CNN.
The judge also compared the conditions in which Allen was found with those of those accused of the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, who were locked up in the same jail until Donald Trump granted them a pardon.
Allen, 31, who lives in California, has been locked up since his arrest in a padded cell at the Washington prison, with permanent light and total insulationunder continuous surveillance to prevent suicide, with strict restrictions on movement and no access to a telephone.
Allen was arrested on April 26 after bypassing a security checkpoint and trying to break in, armed with a shotgun, a pistol and several knivesin the lounge of a Washington hotel where the dinner was being held, with Trump present; the first lady, Melania Trump; Vice President, JD Vance; the president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, and other authorities.