The gunman accused of breaching the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner and attempting to shoot President Trump was potentially motivated by the war with Iran, a bombshell report states.
A preliminary report from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence Analysis surmised that suspect Cole Thomas Allen, 31, had multiple social and political grievances,’ Reuters reported.
The report is dated two days after the shooting, on April 27.
It concludes that the US war with Iran ‘may have contributed to his decision to conduct the attack.’
The analysis cited social media posts from Allen critical of US actions against Iran during the months-long war.
US officials have so far said little about Allen’s motivations, though a 1,000-word manifesto he penned shortly before the attack reveals the suspect had extremely negative views of Trump and wanted to kill the President and his Cabinet.
The letter said that FBI Director Kash Patel should be spared, as should guests and law enforcement, as long as they did not try to impede Allen, he wrote.
Prosecutors alleged in court filings that Allen ‘disagreed’ with Trump’s politics.
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, has been held in 24-hour lockup ever since he was placed in federal custody
Four shots rang out at the White House Correspondents after Allen rushed past Secret Service
The report states that the Iran war potentially was a motivation for Allen to attempt to murder President Donald Trump
The suspect ‘wanted to ‘fight back’ against government policies and decisions that he found morally objectionable,’ they alleged.
Allen was hit with an additional charge of assault on a federal officer from the Department of Justice on Tuesday for allegedly firing at a Secret Service agent while rushing the dinner security checkpoint.
He is also accused of attempted assassination of President Trump, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, and illegal transportation of a firearm and ammunition across state lines.
The FBI is reviewing the suspect’s social media accounts, including a Bluesky account, a liberal-leaning platform akin to X, that featured anti-Trump rhetoric in the weeks before the attack, Reuters reports.
The posts, for example, slam the Trump administration, Elon Musk and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
After Trump called for the destruction of Iranian civilization in early April, Allen allegedly shared a post calling for Trump to be impeached over the claim.
A post from 2024 that the suspect allegedly penned referred to Trump as ‘the devil.’
Earlier this week, a liberal federal judge apologized to Allen during his trial for how the suspect had been treated.
Allen charged Secret Service while carrying a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives
Faruqui went on to compare Allen’s imprisonment to defendants arrest for rioting at the Capitol on January 6, 2021
Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui slammed attorneys during a Monday afternoon court hearing over the conditions of Allen’s imprisonment. Allen was placed on suicide watch when he was first jailed
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Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui slammed attorneys during a Monday afternoon court hearing over the conditions of Allen’s imprisonment. Allen was placed on suicide watch when he was first jailed.
‘At a minimum, I should be apologizing to him. We are obligated to make sure he’s taken care of. Mr. Allen, I’m sorry that things have not been the way they are supposed to,’ the judge said.
Faruqui went on to compare Allen’s imprisonment to those arrested for rioting at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
‘To me, it’s extremely disturbing that he was put in five-point restraints, a person with no criminal history,’ Faruqui added. ‘It’s troubling. I never heard of one Jan. 6 defendant who was put in five-point restraints or in a safe cell. If the only way to keep him safe is the most punitive thing, that’s a problem.’
The judge ordered officials at the DC jail to update him about Allen’s requested jail accommodations. Allen’s attorneys filed a motion on Sunday demanding that he be removed from suicide watch restrictions in prison.
