WASHINGTON — The man accused of opening fire at this past April’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was hit with new criminal charges Friday — including a terrorism count that could bring a life sentence in prison.
Cole Thomas Allen, 31, now faces five counts in a superseding indictment announced by DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
Allen allegedly sent out an anti-President Trump manifesto before charging through the Washington Hilton with a shotgun, which prosecutors said he fired at a Secret Service officer, striking a bulletproof vest.
The suspect previously was charged with attempting to assassinate Trump, assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, transporting a firearm in interstate commerce with the intent to commit a felony, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
