Intel Report: Iran War May Have Motivated White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter
The Real News Feed homepage has 60 new headlines every 24 hours - click here to see it.
The assassination attempt on Donald Trump might have been motivated by the Iran war.
An intelligence report stated that the suspect, Cole Allen, had “multiple social and political grievances” and that the Iran War “may have contributed to his decision to conduct the attack.”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security identified the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran as a potential motive for the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration at a White House reporters’ gala last month, according to an intelligence report sent to state and local law enforcement nationwide and other federal agencies.
The report, a preliminary assessment by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis dated April 27, assessed that the suspect Cole Allen had “multiple social and political grievances.” It concluded that the Iran conflict “may have contributed to his decision to conduct the attack,” citing social media posts from Allen that criticized U.S. actions in the war.
The assessment sheds new light on the U.S. government’s search for a motive in the foiled attack on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25. Its conclusions, while preliminary, offer the most definitive evidence to date that the Iran conflict, which has killed thousands in the Middle East and rattled the global economy, could have been a trigger.
A grand jury indicted Cole Allen on four criminal charges.
The charges are attempting to assassinate the president, discharging a firearm during an act of violence, transporting a firearm across state lines, and an additional charge of assaulting an officer of the United States.
A federal grand jury has indicted Cole Allen, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, on four criminal charges, according to new court documents released on Tuesday.
The indictment includes an additional charge — assaulting an officer of the United States — that was not in the government’s initial complaint against Allen. Those initial charges included attempting to assassinate the president, discharging a firearm during an act of violence and transporting a firearm across state lines.
The indictment comes a day after the judge overseeing the case against Allen expressed “grave concerns” about how he is being treated in jail, and apologized to him in court.
