{"id":588,"date":"2026-05-11T20:36:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=588"},"modified":"2026-05-11T20:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:36:04","slug":"man-charged-in-white-house-correspondents-dinner-attack-pleads-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=588","title":{"rendered":"Man charged in White House correspondents\u2019 dinner attack pleads not guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong> | A man accused of storming the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner while armed with guns and knives pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he attempted to kill President Donald Trump and fired a shotgun at a Secret Service officer who tried to stop the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Cole Tomas Allen was handcuffed and shackled and wearing an orange jail uniform when he appeared in federal court for his arraignment. Allen didn\u2019t speak during the brief hearing. One of his attorneys entered the plea on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Allen\u2019s lawyers are asking U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden to disqualify at least two top Justice Department officials from direct involvement in prosecuting him because they could be considered victims or witnesses in the case, creating a potential conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro were attending the event when Allen ran through a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun at a Secret Service officer, authorities said. Defense attorney Eugene Ohm said the defense likely would seek to disqualify Pirro\u2019s entire office from involvement in the case.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>McFadden didn\u2019t rule from the bench on that question but asked Allen\u2019s attorneys to elaborate on the possible scope of their recusal request.<\/p>\n<p>A Secret Service officer was shot once in a bullet-resistant vest during the April 25 attack at at the Washington Hilton, which disrupted and ultimately prompted an early end to one of the highest-profile annual events in the nation\u2019s capital. Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, was injured but was not shot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allen is scheduled to return to court on June 29.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Besides the attempted-assassination count, Allen also is charged with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and two additional firearms counts. 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