{"id":2620929,"date":"2026-06-29T12:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-delays-trial-for-whca-dinner-shooting-suspect\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:13:35","slug":"judge-delays-trial-for-whca-dinner-shooting-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-delays-trial-for-whca-dinner-shooting-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge delays trial for WHCA dinner shooting suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-delays-trial-for-whca-dinner-shooting-suspect%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2620929&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge has delayed the trial of Cole Allen, the suspect in the washington Hilton shooting during the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner, by 45 days due to extensive discovery. The case involves serious charges, including attempted assassination of the president and assaulting a federal officer, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >garnered significant attention<\/a> following Allen&#8217;s alleged attempt to shoot at secret Service agents during the event, where he was quickly apprehended.The next hearing is scheduled for August 20, with a trial date expected to be set then. The court rejected a motion to disqualify certain prosecutors over potential conflicts of interest. The federal government has not yet offered a plea deal, although Allen\u2019s defense expressed openness to one. The case remains high-profile, with proceedings lasting only about five minutes in the recent hearing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-holmes-jury-says-its-deadlocked-on-3-of-11-criminal-charges-in-theranos-fraud-trial\/\" title=\"Elizabeth Holmes Jury Says It\u2019s Deadlocked on 3 of 11 Criminal ... in Theranos Fraud ...\">federal judge presiding<\/a> over the case for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-association\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1617\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association<\/a> dinner shooting suspect delayed the start of the trial on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both parties and the court agreed to toll the speedy trial clock by 45 days, meaning the countdown timer within which federal prosecutors must bring Cole Allen to trial is paused. The decision was made due to extensive discovery in the high-profile criminal case.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4628230\/illegal-immigrants-linked-to-tren-de-aragua-prison-atm-hacking-scheme\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Venezuelan illegal immigrants linked to Tren de Aragua sent to prison for ATM hacking scheme<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4627304\/bill-barr-urges-senate-gop-confirm-todd-blanche-for-attorney-general\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bill Barr calls on Senate GOP to confirm Todd Blanche for attorney general<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4626940\/trump-commission-unveils-blueprint-expand-religious-liberty-protections\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump commission unveils 12-point blueprint to expand US religious liberty protections<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors have said there will be \u201cthousands of pages and gigabytes of data\u201d produced to the defendant in discovery, given that the scope of his alleged crime stemmed from his home state of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"60\">California<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"260\">Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, an appointee of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>, scheduled the next hearing for Aug. 20. McFadden expects to set a trial date during the upcoming hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development comes two months after Allen allegedly attempted to assassinate Trump and other administration officials during the annual WHCA dinner at the Washington Hilton. Moments after rushing through security and firing at a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1478\">Secret Service<\/a> agent, he was apprehended by law enforcement. The agent, who wore a bulletproof vest at the time of the shooting, survived.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">Cole Tomas Allen, 31, from Torrance in California, was apprehended by police after trying to storm the Washington Hilton, and is in custody. (Donald Trump \/ Truth Social)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/06\/localimages\/wHCAD_Suspect_1-33copy-e1777313059544.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cole Tomas Allen, 31, from Torrance in California, was apprehended by police after trying to storm the Washington Hilton, and is in custody. (Donald Trump \/ Truth Social)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allen faces federal charges of attempted assassination of the president, assaulting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hypocrisy-trump-team-shows-videos-of-democrat-lawmakers-during-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"\u2018Hypocrisy:\u2019 Trump Team Shows Videos of Democrat Lawmakers During Impeachment ...\">federal law enforcement officer<\/a>, and firearms offenses. He pleaded not guilty to the charges last month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, McFadden denied the defendant\u2019s motion to disqualify acting Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/todd-blanche\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20883\">Todd Blanche<\/a> and U.S. Attorney <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeanine-pirro\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3802\">Jeanine Pirro<\/a> from prosecuting the case. Allen\u2019s attorneys argued Blanche and Pirro posed a conflict of interest, considering both attended the April 26 press dinner event. The Trump-appointed judge rejected that argument.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNeither Blanche nor Pirro is a victim of Allen\u2019s alleged crimes,\u201d McFadden wrote in an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.292089\/gov.uscourts.dcd.292089.33.0_1.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.292089\/gov.uscourts.dcd.292089.33.0_1.pdf\">18-page decision<\/a>. \u201cAllen stands accused of attempting to assassinate the President, assaulting a United States officer with a deadly weapon, and committing two firearm offenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4618711\/judge-rejects-accused-whcd-shooters-bid-disqualify-todd-blanche-jeanine-pirro\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4618711\/judge-rejects-accused-whcd-shooters-bid-disqualify-todd-blanche-jeanine-pirro\/\">JUDGE REJECTS ACCUSED WHCA DINNER SHOOTER\u2019S BID TO DISQUALIFY BLANCHE AND PIRRO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federal government has not offered a plea deal to Allen yet. The defense lawyers indicated they\u2019re open to a deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday\u2019s court hearing only lasted about five minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge delays trial for WHCA dinner shooter, 45-day pause<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2620930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26120599333448.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4300,4853,78650],"class_list":["post-2620929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-shooting","tag-trial","tag-whca-dinner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26120599333448.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620929"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620933,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620929\/revisions\/2620933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}