During the afternoon of this Monday, April 27Cole Tomas Allenthe suspect of trying to attack the president of the United States, donald trumpduring the correspondents’ dinner of the White House On Saturday, April 25, he appeared for the first time in federal court in Washington DC for the reading of the charges.
Identified as a young 31-year-old American professor residing in the city of Torrance, Californiathe accused was charged with three federal chargestwo crimes related to the use of firearms and another for attempted assassination, which could lead to a grief of life imprisonment in the territory of the United States.
According to what was stated by the American newspaper The New York Timesthe hearing lasted almost half an hour and was presided over by the judge Matthew Sharbaughwho ordered the defendant to appear in court again on Thursday April 30 to analyze if it is released on bail or remains detained during the judicial process.
Given this situation, Allen appeared before the court dressed in a jumpsuit of blue coloraccompanied by his defense team, who insisted that the accused has no criminal record. Therefore, with a calm face, Allen agreed to the court’s statements and responded with speed and in a low voice to the magistrate’s questions.
Attempted assassination of the president
According to the EFE news agency, the attempted assassination of the president of the United States is a serious federal crime which carries penalties of life sentence or even death penalty. It is one of the federal crimes more severe in the United States, so concrete evidence is required to convict him.
Previously, in February 2026, another individual named Ryan Ruth was sentenced to life in prison for a previous assassination attempt against President Trump, which occurred in 2024 on a golf course in Floridaso various American media consider that Cole Tomas Allen could face the same sentence.
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This is because President Donald Trump shared on his digital platform, Social Truthsome video images from the security cameras of the facility, located one kilometer from the White House, in which you can see Cole running at full speed and several members of the Secret Service drawing their weapons and shooting.
Likewise, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel, reported that Cole Allen was wearing a long gun and knives upon being arrested and assured that the agents “have not slept all weekend” to try to clarify the chain of events and the reasons that led the suspect to attack the president.
Allen’s manifesto
“We have collected emails, social media posts, interviews with witnesses and conversations with people around you, family, friends and neighbors, in order to offer a complete image of the mindset and the intentions at the time the charges were brought to court,” argued FBI Director Kash Patel.
However, the most proof incriminating against Cole Tomas Allen is that he wrote a manifest that he sent to his entire family before the incident at the White House, where he denounced that he could not allow “a pedophilerapist and traitor, cover my hands with your crimes,” in reference to all the accusations against President Trump.