The US Department of Justice releases selfies of the suspect accused to opening fire during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner as part of a new filing

BGUK_3565068 - The US Department of Justice releases selfies of the suspect accused to opening fire during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner as part of a new filing. The DOJ is urging a federal court to keep Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect accused of opening fire at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, behind bars pending trial. The DOJ's filing on Wednesday March 29, 2026 included a new photo showing Allen armed and inside a hotel room before the shooting unfolded. "The United States of America, by and through its attorney, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, respectfully submits this memorandum in support of its oral motion to detain defendant Cole Tomas Allen pending trial," a filing notes. Jeanine Pirro is the U.S. district attorney for the District of Columbia. "At approximately 8.03pm, while back inside his hotel room, the defendant used his cellphone to take a photograph of himself in the mirror," the filing states, explaining that Allen: “Appeared to be wearing a small leather bag consistent in appearance with the ammunition-filled bag later recovered from his person (item 1), a shoulder holster (item 2), a sheathed knife consistent in appearance with one of the knives later recovered from his person (item 3), and pliers and wire cutters consistent in appearance with those later recovered from his person (item 4)." The filing also asserts that Allen was seeking to kill President Donald Trump. "Had the defendant achieved his intended outcome, he would have brought about one of the darkest days in American history. The defendant traveled across the country with the explicit aim to kill the President of the United States," the document declares, describing the effort as "a planned attack of unfathomable malice." The Justice Department strongly argued that the suspect Allen should not be released pending trial. *BACKGRID DOES NOT CLAIM ANY COPYRIGHT OR LICENSE IN THE ATTACHED MATERIAL. ANY DOWNLOADING FEES CHARGED BY BACKGRID ARE FOR BACKGRID'S SERVICES ONLY, AND DO NOT, NOR ARE THEY INTENDED TO, CONVEY TO THE USER ANY COPYRIGHT OR LICENSE IN THE MATERIAL. BY PUBLISHING THIS MATERIAL , THE USER EXPRESSLY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND TO HOLD BACKGRID HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIMS, DEMANDS, OR CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED IN ANY WAY WITH USER'S PUBLICATION OF THE MATERIAL*