Acting AG: “It Does Appear The Suspect Was Targeting Members Of The Administration”
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed that it appears Cole Allen, the suspected WHCD shooter, was targeting members of the administration.
Blanche told CNN, “From our preliminary investigation, it does appear the suspect was targeting members of the administration. I don’t want to go beyond that because we don’t have specifics yet about particular members of the administration, except that we do understand that that was his goal and his target.”
Todd Blanche reveals Cole Allen traveled to DC by train, was a guest at the hotel, and appeared to be targeting the Trump administration. pic.twitter.com/bPxpeYAmPC
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Acting AG Todd Blanche revealed the movements of suspected would-be assassin Cole Thomas and said that he did appear to be targeting the Trump administration. Blanche also said said that a bullet was recovered from the bullet proof vest worn by the Secret Service agent who was struck.
CBS’ Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan asked Blanche about whether it was the gunman’s bullet that struck the agent, and Blanche said “that’s what we understand as of now.”
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Speaking to Dana Bash on CNN, Blanche said “We executed a number of search warrants last night,” both in Los Angeles and in Washington, DC. “We executed search warrants on electronic devices that we found that we believe belong to the suspect. And we’re still looking to try and understand a motive.
“From our preliminary investigation, it does appear the suspect was targeting members of the administration. I don’t want to go beyond that because we don’t have specifics yet about particular members of the administration, except that we do understand that that was his goal and his target.”
The suspect is expected to be charged on Monday.
He had a shotgun, a handgun, and knives.
Officials believe the suspect took trains from California to Chicago and then to Washington, where he checked into the hotel where much of the nation’s power structure would soon gather.
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The suspect, who is expected to be formally charged Monday, is not cooperating, Blanche told CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” He is expected to be charged with two counts: assaulting a federal officer and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
He was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives, interim Metropolitan Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said in a news conference with D.C. officials.
Update:
The suspected shooter had previously attended a No Kings Protest.
In his manifesto, he revealed he was targeting members of the Trump administration.
The suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner wrote a manifesto and attended a No King’s protest, according to a senior Trump administration official.
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, had a manifesto detailing his intention to target officials in the Trump administration, a senior Trump administration official confirmed to Breitbart News. Fox News’s Jacqui Heinrich first reported on the details.
Allen allegedly shared a manifesto with family before he allegedly stormed the Washington Hilton — where the dinner was being held in the ballroom—with what NBC News reported was a shotgun, a handgun, and several knives. His brother alerted authorities after receiving the alleged manifesto, Heinrich reported in a post on X.
Allen also attended a leftist anti-Trump No Kings protest, was a regular at the shooting range, and was a member of a group known as The Wide Awakes, Heinrich wrote.
