"Cole Allen, the 31-year-old part-time teacher and tutor from Torrance, California, sent a 1,052-word manifesto to family members approximately 10 minutes before carrying out an assassination attempt targeting President Donald Trump and his cabinet members at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington D.C. on Saturday night.
The document, signed “Cole ‘coldForce’ ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’
He described the Trump administration’s officials as his primary targets, prioritized “from highest-ranking to lowest,” while excluding FBI Director Kash Patel. Allen then claimed that he had no intention of killing anyone else, but conceded that he would have no problem killing anyone who got in his way, including innocent bystanders.
Allen also rejected potential criticisms and phrased his actions as morally righteous. “Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration. Turning the other cheek when someone else is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes,” the accused gunman, who was active on the left-wing extremist site Bluesky, wrote.
Officials noted that Allen’s social media accounts contained a substantial volume of anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric.
Allen had also attended a “No Kings” protest in California and was affiliated with a group known as “The Wide Awakes,” according to family statements to investigators. He also donated $25 to a political action committee associated with Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign in 2024."
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