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Documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal messages that defendant Cole Thomas Allen sent to family members minutes before attempting to break into the White House Correspondents Association dinner party. The letters included sharp criticism of the Trump administration's policies and references to the political motives behind the attack.
US authorities have revealed exciting new details about Saturday night's attempted gun attack at the Washington Hilton Hotel during a White House Correspondents' Association dinner. According to documents obtained by the Associated Press, 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen sent lengthy writings to family members minutes before his alleged attack was carried out. These writings exceeded a thousand words and seemed like an incoherent farewell message, in which he described himself a“friendly federal assassin” and repeatedly referred to President Trump without explicitly naming him. The letters also contained scathing criticisms of the administration's policies, including military strikes on drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific, which the defendant deemed personal “grievances.” Federal investigators are analyzing this correspondence along with social media posts and interviews with family members. They consider it the clearest evidence yet of the suspect's way of thinking and his real motives. Law enforcement officials revealed a large number of anti-President Trump posts on social media accounts linked to the defendant. Allen's brother reached out to the New London police in Connecticut after receiving these writings, as the police department reported receiving the call at 10:49 p.m., about two hours after the incident. Immediately, the federal authorities with the information received. The defendant's sister, who resides in Maryland, reported that her brother purchased several weapons legally from a specialized store in California and kept them secretly at their parents' home in Torrance. She described the defendant as someone inclined to make radical statements, shedding more light on his personality and extremist political leanings. The letters also contained sarcastic criticism of the security measures at the Washington Hilton Hotel, where The accused mocked what he considered to be leniency in security precautions and expressed surprise that he was able to enter the hotel armed without detection. This detail raises serious questions about the level of security protection at high-level official events.
Source: Al-Wehda Al-Arabia News Portal
