The defense team for Cole Allen, the CalTech graduate accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, recently attempted to argue for his release before trial by claiming the government’s case is built on speculation. In an 11-page filing reported by the NY Post, his attorneys challenged the severity of the charges, specifically pushing back against the government’s characterization of the event as a mass shooting.
They argued that Allen lacked the necessary weaponry to carry out such an attack, stating, “The government’s rhetoric about a ‘mass shooting’ is also unsupported by its own proffered facts. Mr. Allen was not alleged to be holding an automatic or even semi-automatic weapon that are the hallmarks of the modern day mass shooting.”
