White House Correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect faces life in prison as feds reveal four-count indictment

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsWhite House Correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect faces life in prison as feds reveal four-count indictmentDC grand jury accuses Cole Allen of failed attempt to assassinate Trump and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weaponAlex Woodward in New York Tuesday 05 May 2026 21:51 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2971057","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-shooting-suspect-whcd-charges-sentence-b2971057.html","title":"White House Correspondents’ dinner suspect faces four-count grand jury indictment"}}CloseGuard dog follows Cole Allen seconds before he charges security gateSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politics","regSourceMeth...