WHCD shooting suspect Cole Allen thought he was Rambo, wanted Trump dead: top DC fed

Cole Allen thought he was “Rambo” and armed himself “to the teeth” to try to kill President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, DC’s top law-enforcement official revealed Sunday.Jeanine Pirro, US attorney for the District of Columbia, stressed it wasn’t friendly fire but Allen, 31, who shot a Secret Service officer when he stormed the Washington Hilton last month, and that she is confident her team can prove the “brilliant Caltech grad intended to kill Trump.“Clearly, the president is a target.And make no mistake, it is not just the manifesto.

It is his actions,” Pirro told CNN’s “State of the Union,” referring to Allen’s alleged hate-fueled missive in which the mechanical-engineering grad and former NASA intern outlined his violent plans while calling himself the “Friendly Federal Assassin’ Allen.”“I mean, this guy thought he was Rambo,” said Pirro, who was among the administration officials at the dinner at the time of the shooting.“I mean, he was armed to the teeth.“And he takes a picture of himself.He is smug, he is proud, and he is focused on what he’s doing,” she said, noting selfies the suspect took in his hotel before the shooting.Allen, the son of a church leader, was armed with a shotgun, handgun, and knives when he stormed the security perimeter a floor above the ballroom where Trump, administration officials and hundreds of reporters were on April 25, according to authorities.In the suspect’s alleged manifesto, which was first revealed by The Post, he stated his targets were “Administration officials (not including [FBI chief] Mr.

[Kash] Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.”The manifesto did not mention Trump by name, though there was one line that said, “And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”Pirro was unsure about whether that was a reference to Trump when asked about it Sunday.“You�...