Cole Thomas Allen faces life in prison for attempting to assassinate President Trump at the April 25, 2026, White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Armed with a shotgun and pistol purchased in California, Allen injured Secret Service Officer VG before police recovered three knives and a manifesto excluding Kash Patel. U.S. Attorney Janine Pirro and FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the attack was intentional, praising the rapid deployment of agents and transparent evidence transport to Quantico. This incident underscores the administration's commitment to swift justice against domestic threats targeting the highest office. [Automatically generated summary]
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Affidavit and Probable Cause00:04:51
This is important.
Bear with me, guys.
Sorry about that.
Again, everything kind of set up here.
Okay.
Cool.
This is still going.
All right, let's go.
All right.
All right.
Thank you guys for being patient, man.
Thank you.
Thank you.
All right.
So, what do we got here?
Criminal complaint.
Obviously, this is the top document, right?
When you're filing a criminal complaint, that is supported by an affidavit, which we're going to go through that has all the details.
But as you guys can see, 1751, 924B, 924C.
So, that's what's going on with that, the charges.
Then it says right here okay, so they blurred out the agent's name.
Typical and a big case.
Okay, here's the affidavit that goes over all the facts.
Okay, it's seven pages, pretty straightforward.
Let's dig into it.
I, blah, blah, blah, being duly sworn to pose a state as follows I make this affidavit in a criminal complaint charging Cole Thomas Allen with violations of 18 USC 1751, attempts to assassinate the president, blah, blah, blah.
Obviously, you guys know, affect the interstate commerce and discharge of firearm during a crime of violence.
The facts set forth in this affidavit are based on information that I've obtained from my personal involvement in the investigation and from other law enforcement officers.
Who have been involved in this investigation on documents I've reviewed.
Now, guys, basically, this is how every single criminal complaint goes.
This part, the introduction, we call this what's known as the I love me paragraph.
Okay?
What do I mean by this?
If I go ahead and do this, let me go ahead and Google my real name for y'all, right?
Boom.
Here's a case that I did.
Okay?
We got receipts.
Okay?
See the similarities?
Y'all getting the sauce today, baby.
This is me.
For all the idiots that say, I changed my name.
Never did.
I was really out here.
There I am.
So, I am Rufato.
I'm a special agent of Homeland Security Investigation, have been so since 2013.
The FBI affidavit, same exact thing.
So, the introduction this is why the federal system is so fucking clear and simple because every affidavit looks like this.
So, you do your introduction, you talk about the purpose of it, and then you also, this paragraph right here is super important.
The statements to contain this affidavit are based on my personal knowledge as well as those provided to me by other law enforcement.
Boom.
Same thing here.
Right?
Essentially.
Hey, this affidavit is to establish probable cause, nothing else.
Okay?
Age of background.
I'm a federal law enforcement officer, the meaning of federal rules, blah, blah, blah, blah.
So they talk about their age of background.
Okay?
He's been with the FBI since 2009.
Obviously, he's a veteran.
I'm currently assigned to the FBI's Washington field office.
Does it say what squad he's in?
No, it does not say what squad he's in.
Normally, you're supposed to put where your experience comes from.
So, like for me, right?
I talk about the charges.
Okay.
I am currently assigned to Human Sweat Group in HSI Miami Field Office, where I'm responsible for conducting investigation regarding violations of federal laws, particularly those in 18, 19, and 21.
Eight guys is immigration, 18 is criminal, 19 is customs, 21 is drugs.
Right?
I told you guys, HSI is very broad authority.
So prior to this assignment, I was a special agent in Laredo, Texas, where I conduct investigations, lead case agent relating to drug smuggling, trafficking, weapons violations, border violence, and kidnappings, and human smuggling.
Right?
So I put that there to show my background.
Now let's go back and look at the FBI thing.
Yo, y'all better like the video, bro.
What other streamer can do this?
I'm showing you guys a complaint I really fucking wrote myself.
Who can do this?
Immigration Agents in Chicago00:02:11
Like the fucking video.
Top one streamer on kick.
Let's go.
Osman Stein ain't gonna fucking show y'all niggas shit like this.
Lasan Liker, are you going to show y'all shit like this?
Follow the channel, man.
Follow the channel.
All these idiots that say, oh, Myron, you were a desk agent.
Shut the fuck up.
Shut the fuck up.
I really did this shit.
This is me.
Okay, now let's go into probable cause.
On April 25th, 2026, the White House Correspondents and Association dinner was held at the Washington Hilton Hotel located at 1919 Connecticut Ave.
Right?
So he puts the address.
More than seven weeks earlier, on March 2nd, 2026, Trump publicly announced that he would attend a dinner posting on his true social, the White House Correspondents Association.
He asked me very nicely.
To be the honoree.
Now, why is this important?
They're trying to establish that this had been announced ahead of time and that this guy probably got the information from there.
Okay?
So it's very important that they do that.
Here, let me roll so quick, guys.
On or about April 6, 2026, Alan made a hotel reservation at the Washington Hilton Hotel for three nights from April 24 to April 26.
On or about April 21st, Alan traveled by train from his home near Los Angeles, California.
To Chicago, Illinois.
Allen arrived in Chicago on or about April 23rd, 2026.
The same day, Allen boarded a train in Chicago, Illinois, which arrived in Washington, D.C. on April 24th, 2026, at approximately 1 p.m.
A few hours later, on April 24th, 2026, Allen checked into a specific hotel at the Washington Hilton Hotel located in 1919 Connecticut Ave at approximately 3.
He stayed there overnight.
So, as you guys can tell, the agents already pulled all the footage, they got all this shit.
The dinner was scheduled to be broadcast on national television beginning at 8 p.m. on the evening of April 25th, 2026.
President Trump arrived at the dinner approximately 8 p.m., accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump.
At approximately 8 40 p.m., Allen approached a security checkpoint on the terrace level of the hotel leading to the location of the dinner.
Stolen Firearm Investigation00:03:57
Allen approached and ran through McNometer holding a long gun.
As he did so, U.S. Secret Service personnel assigned to the checkpoint heard a loud gunshot.
U.S. Secret Service Officer VG was shot once in the chest.
Officer Vigi was wearing a ballistic vest at the time.
So, boom.
Like I told you guys, it was a uniformed division.
Okay?
Uniformed division guys are not the guys that actually aren't Trump's detail protecting them.
Okay?
Someone said the emotes are crazy.
I know.
Amen.
Y'all know what it is.
Okay?
At the time of his arrest, Allen was in possession of a 12 gauge pump action shotgun and the Rock Island Armory 1911.
38 caliber pistol.
Okay, all right.
Okay.
Fuck!
Okay.
For a dumb libtard, you got a pretty fucking expensive gun.
1911's guys are like, you know, they're pretty expensive.
They're over $1,000, if not more.
Like, they're like $1,000 to $2,000.
As a part of this investigation, law enforcement reviewed records of firearm transactions from California and federal database sources.
The database records show that on or about August 17, 2025, Allen purchased a 12 gauge pump action shotgun from a firearm dealer in a city of California, and that on October 6, 2023.
Oh, shit, right before Israel shit.
Allen purchased a.38 caliber semi automatic pistol from a firearm dealer in a different city of California.
Based on the serial numbers and the database records, these two firearms are the two firearms Allen possessed andor fired at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
Okay, let me go ahead and demystify this paragraph for you because this is actually very important.
All right.
Make sure to like the video, guys.
So, when they say federal database, what they did was they looked the guy's guns up on what's called eTrace chat.
E Trace is a website, is a law enforcement database maintained by the ATF.
Okay.
As you guys know, anytime you go to a gun dealership and purchase a firearm, you have to fill out, I think it's called the 1443 or whatever, right?
4473.
Beautiful.
Thank you.
On that form, you have to check off if you were or were not certain things.
I won't get into it too much because we really get in the weeds.
But what you guys need to know is every time you purchase a firearm, it's documented.
And then the trail starts there.
So let's assume we'll go into Dream World.
And chat, spam the chat once the press conference comes back so I can.
Okay, they're setting up right now.
So we got some time.
They're setting up right now.
So if you purchase a gun, right?
And you sell it to somebody or it gets stolen from you and that gun is used in the commission of a crime, let's say you buy a gun, it gets stolen from your house.
10 years later, homicide detectives and ATF shows up at your house.
You're like, what the fuck?
They're like, hey, you know, we're here in regards to a firearm.
Okay.
Yeah, we found your firearm at a crime scene.
Okay.
You were the person that originally bought it.
What happened to that gun?
Oh, it was stolen.
Why didn't you report it stolen?
Oh, I sold it.
Okay, where's your bill of sale?
So the reason why I tell y'all don't buy a gun and sell it or commit a crime like an idiot is because that gun.
If it's used in a crime or stolen from you, the police are always going to come to you first because you're the first person.
So, since they have that beginning, what they'll do is they'll go talk to the original purchaser and then work their way backwards.
ATF Crosses Interstate Lines00:14:57
Okay?
That's why the ATF is so important for so many different agencies.
So, this is what they're really saying.
I just decoded the agent talk for y'all.
Polarizing Bruce says, You're so dumb, Myron.
Time to send you to the shadow realm.
The future is mine.
Get the fuck out of my chat, bro.
Get the fuck out of my chat.
There's literally no other streamer on earth that could do what I'm doing right now.
Shut the fuck up, dude.
Seriously.
Anyway, following his arrest, Al was advised of his Miranda rights and invoked his right to remain silent.
Okay, bam.
Now we know.
Remember how I asked you guys?
Yo, did he talk?
Or sorry, I wonder if he talked.
He asked for a lawyer, so they couldn't talk to him.
Alice was transported to Howard University Hospital for minor injuries and since has been released to law enforcement custody.
Shortly before 8 40 p.m. on April 25th, 2026, Alice sent an email to members of his family and former employees explaining the actions he was about to take.
I told you how this nigga was cooked, bro.
Told y'all, man.
So they're using the manifesto that they found as probably the main piece of evidence.
The email, a copy of which law enforcement has obtained from the recipient, stated, I wish I could have said anything earlier, but doing so would have made none of this possible.
My sincerest apologies for all the trouble I've caused, blah, blah, blah.
And we've read this manifesto.
But here is the full manifesto, right?
Good afternoon.
Oh, okay.
Thanks for being here.
We're here.
On Saturday night.
As you all know, I'll turn the volume for you guys.
An act of violence occurred at a gathering that symbolizes something fundamental to our system of government.
The ability of a free press and public officials to come together in celebration and not fear.
This is Todd Blanch.
The act was stopped because of the courage and.
Excuse me.
That act, that horrible act, was stopped because of the courage and professionalism of law enforcement.
The officers who responded without hesitation and did their jobs as they were trained to do.
Secret Service agents promptly tackled and detained the suspect, Cole Thomas Allen.
The president and all the protectees and participants at the dinner were safe.
One brave officer was injured and is receiving care and has been released from the hospital.
He's not going to say it's friendly fire, though.
I want to make this clear.
This man was a floor above the ballroom with hundreds of federal agents.
Between him and the President of the United States.
The Department of Justice approaches incidents like this with urgency and clarity of purpose.
Violence has no place in civic life.
It cannot and will not be used to disrupt democratic institutions or intimidate those who serve them, and it certainly cannot continue to be used against the President of the United States.
We are investigating this matter fully.
We will apply the law fairly and we will ensure that accountability is swift and certain.
But we also should recognize what did not happen.
Law enforcement did not fail.
They did exactly what they are trained to do.
This was not an accident.
I'm actually impressed at how much they got done in this criminal complaint because I already know all the resources that have to come into play for them to have all that information so quickly.
Literally, probably hundreds of agents nationwide helped on this case.
From the FBI.
As we know now, of preparation, but the men and women who protected us that night were trained, professional, and had an enduring commitment to the rule of law.
Today, the Department of Justice filed three federal charges in United States District Court against Cole Thomas Allen.
The first count is attempted assassination of a five year old president of the United States.
This count is punishable by up to life in prison.
The second count is interstate transportation of a firearm to commit a felony.
This is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
And the third count is discharge of a firearm.
There's better quality if you're on the interstate.
Got y'all.
Just to go through very quickly the timeline, which many of you in this room already know.
The defendant Allen made a hotel reservation at the Washington Hilton for April 24th through April 26th.
On April 21st of this year, he traveled by train from Los Angeles to Chicago and then from Chicago to Washington, D.C. On April 24th, he arrived in Washington, D.C. at approximately 1 o'clock in the afternoon and checked into the Washington Hilton.
Approximately at 8 40, On the night of April 25th, Allen approached a security checkpoint on the terrace level of the hotel, which was again a floor above where the dinner was taking place.
He ran through the magnemometer holding a long gun.
As he did so, U.S. Secret Service personnel assigned to the checkpoint heard a loud gunshot.
One Secret Service officer was shot in the chest but was wearing a ballistic vest that worked.
This heroic officer who was hit fired five times at Allen.
Who was not shot but fell to the ground and was promptly arrested.
I want to thank everybody who worked tirelessly on Saturday, Sunday, and continuing today.
This includes.
Yeah, they definitely were putting the case in the way, I already know how big this case was, how much they're working.
I guarantee you the case agent hasn't slept in like 48 to 72 hours, bro.
Members of the FBI, and Director Patel is going to address that in a minute.
It includes members of the Metropolitan Police Department who were immediately on the scene, the chief, the mayor.
To make sure that law enforcement was available to do their jobs and had all the tools they needed to do so.
And lastly, the United States Attorney's Office here in DC, our US Attorney Janine Pirro and her team, a prosecutor stayed up all night long, didn't sleep all day yesterday, making.
Fucking told you guys.
Told you, yo.
I used to do this for real, chat.
Making sure that we got what we needed from all over the country.
It included search warrants.
I already know they didn't sleep.
How do you guys think I'm such a night owl, man?
I used to do this shit all the time.
Search warrants here in D.C. Multiple interviews that have been conducted already of witnesses and of family members of the charge.
Someone asked, you used to be a fed.
All right, chat, please educate him, give him the background.
He's probably new here.
Don't beat him up too much.
And continue to work hard today.
This investigation is ongoing.
It's not complete.
A lot of the information that the media is hearing through leaks or sources, some of it is true.
Some of it is not true.
And at the right time, you will hear information from us as appropriate.
I'd like to ask our U.S. Attorney, Jeanine Pirro, to say a few words and then followed by Director Patel.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Attorney General.
Cole Allen's journey of accountability in the criminal justice system.
She's a top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., guys.
Presidentially appointed position, USA.
That's what she is, United States Attorney for D.C.
And that, and Todd Blanch is DOJ above her.
Starts today, Attorney General.
Day Todd Blanch just indicated to you the charges.
Those charges are only three charges that are in the complaint that has been presented in federal district court about an hour.
Translation We're gonna add even more.
Go.
There will be additional charges as this.
Indictment incoming.
This investigation continues to unfold.
But make no mistake, this was an attempted assassination of the President of the United States with the defendant making clear what his intent was.
And that intent was to bring down as many of the high ranking cabinet officials as he could.
This is.
All right, we're front page on Kick, guys.
For all you guys that are watching right now, follow the channel.
Only person on the fucking internet that could break this case down where I'm telling you what they're going to say.
In the press conference before you guys even hear it, the kind of situation that we cannot tolerate, and as the attorney general has just indicated, it could have been so much worse but for the reality that we had the secret service as well.
Winston says, just play the video.
Uh, no, how about you just go to the shadow realm, shut up?
As well as the Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI.
Now, time to send you to the shadow realm.
The future is mine.
Watch it on your own time, dumbass.
I stop it whenever the fuck I feel like.
It's called commentary, idiots.
You may recall that it was on March 2nd that the president indicated that he would be attending this public event at the Hilton.
And on April 6th, that's when Cole Allen first made a hotel reservation at the Washington Hilton for three nights the 24th, the 25th, and the 26th.
It was on April 21st that he traveled all the way from the West Coast.
From his home near LA.
He gets to Chicago on April 23rd and has been indicated he arrives in D.C. on the 24th and he checks into the hotel at about 3 p.m.
He stays overnight.
He is very much aware that the president and the first lady entered the ballroom at 8 p.m.
And it was at 8 40 that he made a decision to rush the ballroom.
And thank goodness, law enforcement, the Secret Service, was able to prevent him from getting into that ballroom.
He was not injured other than some kind of scrape on his knee.
Now, as indicated, these are the weapons that the defendant had on his person.
You can see that's a 12 gauge pump action Mossberg shotgun, it's a.38 semi automatic.
He had at least three knives and all kinds of paraphernalia.
So, any suggestion that he wasn't there to do harm is absurd.
We will prove when he purchased these guns.
They were purchased in California.
This is the ATF stuff I was telling y'all about.
Why is that relevant?
It is relevant because he crossed interstate lines.
Interstate commerce, man.
With those firearms.
And those are the firearms that he used on the night.
And firearms also affect interstate commerce themselves.
Of the 25th or attempted to use at the very least.
Now, the manifesto also makes clear about his expected that manifesto is going to be the key evidence for them, bro.
The key evidence.
They don't even need a statement, bro.
Lower it up for no reason.
Rules of engagement.
You know, you can look at it and read it, and it may seem kind of la la la.
But at the end, make no mistake.
He says, I am targeting the administration officials.
They are my targets, and I'm prioritizing from the top down.
What'd I tell y'all?
I told you guys that's the fucking nail in the coffin, man.
As soon as he said that dumb shit, I was like, yeah, it's over.
The highest ranking from the lowest.
And I will not hesitate to get involved in any kind of encounter with anyone who blocks me from the president.
Now, finally, let me say one thing.
Within days of the president nominating me to be the United States attorney, why'd he leave out cash?
Why'd he leave out cash?
Tell us.
For the District of Columbia.
Guys, in his manifesto, for those that are unaware, he removed, he said, I'm going to go for everybody except for Kash Patel, which is kind of weird.
I was at the scene of a double homicide where one Elias Rodriguez crossed state lines from Chicago with a firearm to commit a felony in the district.
He's now indicted for the murder of two individuals, Lauren Lashinsky and Sarah Milgram, here in Washington.
Not long after that, another individual, Ramanullah Lackenwall, crossed state lines again with a firearm with intent to commit a felony here in Washington.
He traveled from the state of Washington.
He is now indicted with the murder of Sarah Beckstrom, a National Guardsman, and the attempted murder of National Guard Andrew Wolf.
Today, we have Cole Allen, another individual, charged with crossing state lines coming from California with a firearm with the intent to commit a felony here in the district.
Let this be a message to anyone who thinks that Washington, D.C. is the place to act out political violence.
And if you are willing to do so with a firearm and cross state lines, We will find you, we will track your steps from the inception of your plan, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.
Washington, D.C. is not the place to travel to commit acts of violence.
The Constitution and the laws of the United States permit us to register our views through our voices and our votes.
What they don't permit is making your views known through violence, especially violence directed at the President of the United States.
This is anti-democratic.
At its core.
All right.
Thank you.
Come again.
Thank you, Judge.
Tom G in the house.
Excuse me.
Thank you, General.
This one hits a little differently.
We were all there.
Many of you were there.
Many of you watching were there as well.
The president was there.
The vice president was there.
The cabinet was there.
Unity Against Political Violence00:06:01
And what you saw described by the general and the U.S. attorney is absolutely true.
The president spoke on late Saturday evening with the message of unity and a backing of law enforcement, and we have followed through on that message of unity and the effectuation of law enforcement across this country.
This FBI is grateful to the United States Secret Service, the Department of Homeland Security, and our interagency partners, including the Metropolitan Police Department, for swiftly jumping into action.
All of us on there put us in a unique position, but all of us also acted uniquely.
The Washington Field Office jumped into action immediately, sending a mobile command center.
To the scene, along with our evidence response technicians who showed up in speedy fashion to make sure we could collect the evidence that the prosecutors and the department needed to make this announcement today.
Also on scene, you were told about the brave heroics of the United States Secret Service and other members of law enforcement, and that should be celebrated by every single American.
They did exactly what they were trained to do, they stopped a massive attack from becoming even worse.
They stood in the way, they safeguarded America, and they should be nothing but applauded.
For their bravery and their dedication to their mission and their selfless sacrifice to this country.
The FBI, along with standing up mobile command units, evidence tech response team, and Washington SWAT on scene, also established our NC3, our National Crisis Coordination Center, almost immediately.
And almost immediately in parallel, we stood up our command center at the Washington field office under ADIC Darren Cox's leadership.
Throughout the evening, we immediately began working with our Department of Justice partners to find the evidence necessary, to effectuate the legal process necessary, and enter into the suspect's room at the Washington Hilton successfully and lawfully and obtain.
The relevant evidence for exploitation that was on scene.
Back at the headquarters division and the Washington field office, we were coordinating a national scale investigation.
Yeah, this was telling you guys they used a lot of resources, man.
That literally spanned.
I don't think a lot of people understand, like, the amount of resources that goes into investigations like this.
It's actually nuts.
We're talking hundreds, if not thousands, of agents, guys, nationwide.
From coast to coast.
As you heard, FBI agents, along with the interagency, were immediately dispatched to the suspect's home in California where we conducted interviews that provided critical information.
About this horrific attack.
We also dispatched investigators and agents to New London, Connecticut, where we conducted further interviews that provided necessary information that you will find in this criminal complaint, as the United States Attorney has just laid out.
While officers were working diligently through the night to conduct those interviews, we were also conducting interviews of witnesses on scene.
Those interviews are ongoing.
As you know, there were almost 2,000 people there.
We are sifting through and prioritizing who to talk to, and we will get to each and every one of you with any bit of relevant information.
Again, we ask everybody who has any relevant information, like I did on Saturday night with the president, 1 800, call FBI.
Any piece of information is information we want to have and must receive.
On top of the on scene response by this FBI, the headquarters response.
Guys, get ready to switch soon.
They're going to do QA probably after he talks.
And the Washington field office response, the FBI flipped on its enterprise wide response to this critical incident.
What does that mean?
We dispatched fixed wing assets across the country so that we could immediately transport evidence that was acquired in California and Connecticut.
And sent it to our laboratories in Quantico for analysis.
We collected the shell casings on scene, including the firearms and the weapons that the judge talked about.
Those were also sent to our Quantico laboratories for immediate analysis.
America should be proud that this FBI acted with the urgency that was needed for the moment that we had to answer.
The President rightly said that we will act in a unified fashion, and it's because of President Trump's leadership and backing of the Blue, every single person in law enforcement that I stood with into late evening hours on Saturday, early evening hours on Sunday, and all day yesterday and today.
Are thrilled to wear the badge and defend this country.
Each and every one of them deserves our thanks, and I encourage everyone listening to go out there and shake the hand of a federal agent or police officer and say thank you for doing their job.
Thank you for training endlessly to make sure they meet the mission requirements.
And for me, as a director of the FBI, I want to thank our headquarters components for working diligently with our prosecutors and make sure that the American public knows it's not just federal agents that do this work.
Support personnel than agents groups, our hostage rescue teams, agents sprung into action, got out of bed, and haven't slept since.
These prosecutors have.
I remember those fucking days, man.
Oh my God.
Haven't slept since, and I promise you, they're not going to be sleeping.
They are going to give you every piece of evidence.
As the journal said, we will make public when appropriate to protect the integrity of this investigation to make sure that due process is served and we will meet the highest standards of the Constitution as we always do.
And that is when we will continue to disclose information.
I know the public has a yearning for information.
But just remind yourself of how much information you have already received, how transparent this administration has been.
In less than 48 hours, you know almost every single thing we know.
And what we have not told you.
I'll be honest, this FBI has been the most transparent one in recent history.
You guys can hate Kash Patel.
Look, I have my criticisms, but that's a fucking fact.
This FBI has by far been the most transparent, dude.
By far.
Not even close.
We will tell you in short order.
So, once again, from me as director of the FBI, I want to thank the interagency.
I want to thank the United States Secret Service and their director, Mark Wayne Mullen, the Secretary of Homeland Security.
All right, guys, come on over to Kick.
We're switching off of YouTube now.
Come on over to Kick, guys.
QA time.
The Attorney General and United States Attorney Pirro and Ada Cox for springing into action on a night that should have been celebrating.