THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Sunday it was “very clear” President Donald Trump was targeted for assassination at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
Pirro released nearly six minutes of new video Thursday apparently showing alleged would-be-Trump-assassin Cole Allen entering a side room near the magnetometers set up to support security for the event. “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper asked Pirro about her certainty, observing that Allen’s manifesto didn’t mention Trump by name.
“It is very clear who the intended target is. It is very clear, based upon the fact that, as soon as this president said that he was going to be at the Hilton for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on March 2, he then made the decision to hatch the plan,” Pirro told Tapper.
“We have a lot of evidence that indicates his intent and the fact that everything that he did thereafter, whether it was following what the president was doing, where he was going to the day of the event at the hotel, tracking on his phone, is the president in the ballroom yet, has the president sat down yet, what time will dinner be served, this is clearly the president is a target,” Pirro continued. “And make no mistake, it is not just the manifesto. It is his actions. It is the fact … this guy thought he was Rambo. I mean, he was armed to the teeth.”
Allen, 31, appeared in court Monday to face charges of attempting to assassinate Trump, discharging a firearm during a violent crime, and transporting firearms across state lines with the intent to commit a violent crime.
“I can tell you we will be able to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. The one issue that people might think about, is he insane — he is far from insane. He is brilliant. He has a master’s degree. He worked at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,” Pirro said. “This is a guy who had no psychotic break. He documented his trip from the West Coast all the way to Chicago, all the way to Washington.”
“This guy is a hater. He hates Trump so much he wants to kill him,” Pirro added later.
Trump survived two attempts on his life during the 2024 presidential campaign: one during a rally in Butler, Pa., and the other while Trump was playing a round of golf in West Palm Beach, Fla. The April 25 Dinner was the first Trump attended while in office.
