Federal prosecutors told a judge Wednesday about an accused gunman’s planning before attempting to breach a Washington ballroom Saturday night in a failed attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump and top administration officials.
In a memorandum requesting 31-year-old Cole Allen be kept in custody before his eventual trial, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro wrote that his actions before the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner “were premeditated, violent, and calculated to cause death.”
The memo to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia argued that, based on evidence it spells out in detail, “there is no condition or combination of conditions” that should lead to his release before a trial.
