Jeanine Pirro Reveals What Alleged Would-Be Trump Assassin Number 3 Is Being Charged With
Teh U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia,Jeanine pirro,said charges are being filed against the gunman who reportedly opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in what she described as an apparent attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump. Authorities arrested the suspect-described by multiple outlets as 31-year-old Cole Allen from Torrance, California-after Trump and those attending the event were evacuated due to the gunfire.
Pirro said the suspect faces two counts, including using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon. She noted that a uniformed Secret Service officer was shot but is expected to recover, and she suggested the attacker intended to cause as much harm as possible.
She also emphasized that a checkpoint outside the ballroom helped prevent additional injuries and recalled the moment shots were fired, describing how law enforcement responded quickly and how thousands of attendees were affected by the sudden silence.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced the charges she is filing against the gunman who opened fire at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner in an apparent assassination attempt against President Donald Trump.
Authorities arrested the suspect, who multiple outlets have reported to be 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance, California, after Trump, his wife Melania and Cabinet present members present were evacuated following gunfire.
Pirro told reporters the would-be assassin is “charged with two counts,” “using a firearm during a crime of violence” and “assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon.”
“Now, as you all know, there was an individual, a uniformed Secret Service officer, who was shot, and fortunately, he is doing alright and he will be fine,” Pirro added.
She added that based on the available evidence, it is clear that the suspect “was intent on doing as much harm and as much damage as he could.”
“And thankfully, because of the checkpoint right outside the ballroom where thousands of people were situated to hear the President of the United States — because that checkpoint worked, there was no one who was injured when it was clear where this defendant was going,” Pirro continued.
The U.S. Attorney and former Fox News host was, like several other Trump administration members, in attendance for the dinner which the president was slated to address for the first times during either of his White House terms.
“I, for the first time, was in a situation where there were shots fired, shots heard, and a whole room went silent. When I lifted my head and when I looked up, every law enforcement officer was out there as we all had our heads down,” Pirro said.
“Thousands of them. These are the men and women every day who do what they do silently, and they do it with courage and with dignity.”
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