Cole Allen, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump on April 25, allegedly participated in an activist movement called the “Wide Awakes,” authorities said.
Federal officials accuse Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, of exchanging gunfire with officers in the Washington Hilton Hotel, injuring one, near a ballroom where Trump was attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Agents caught the suspect as he dashed toward the ballroom.
Allen allegedly wrote a manifesto saying he was targeting Trump administration members at the event, a White House official told The Epoch Times.
The suspect had also attended at least one anti-Trump “No Kings” protest in California—and was part of the Wide Awakes, the official said….