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On April 25th, a man named Cole Tomas Allen allegedly traveled by train from California to Washington D.C. with a shotgun, a pistol, three knives, and a written manifesto, attempting to assassinate the President of the United States at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He was indicted two days later on three federal counts including attempted assassination of the president. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro was direct: this was an attempted assassination, and Allen made clear he intended to bring down as many high-ranking cabinet officials as he could.
But a federal judge named Zia Faruqui (fah-RUH-kee) has spent his energy apologizing to the alleged shooter — complaining about jail conditions, demanding updates on Allen’s long-term housing plans, and lamenting that the accused assassin doesn’t have a tablet to contact friends and family. The judge compared Allen’s treatment to that of January 6th defendants, as though that were an argument for leniency rather than a reminder of how politically distorted our justice system has become.
Cole Allen’s own email, sent to friends and family just before the shooting, lays out his reasoning in detail. He even signed it “Friendly Federal Assassin.” Allen was a part-time tutor at a test prep company, described by students as intelligent and quiet, but by his own family as prone to radical statements. He donated to the Kamala Harris campaign in 2024 and attended progressive activist events.
Now his lawyers are trying to disqualify the U.S. Attorney and the Attorney General from the case because they were present at the dinner. Former Speaker Newt Gingrich called it exactly what it is: gameplaying. By that logic, every one of the 2,800 people in that room would be disqualified. That has nothing to do with justice or the law.
Research from Defending Education shows that Allen’s radical political beliefs and actions are far from unique. Teachers’ unions have directed more than a billion dollars toward left-wing political organizations since 2015, and their rhetoric helps create a climate of violence. The radicalization of young men like Allen does not happen in a vacuum. It is cultivated in classrooms, media, and institutions that put leftist ideology above everything else.
This case demands justice, not legal theater. The American people deserve transparency and justice correctly served.
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