CNBC4/30/2026Crime1 min read
Cole Tomas Allen Waives Right to Challenge Detention in Trump Assassination Attempt Case
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- Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old California resident charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner last weekend, waived his right to challenge his detention in jail for now during a Thursday hearing in U.S.
- District Court in Washington, D.C.
- His lawyer confirmed he is conceding detention at this time, reversing the defense team's intention to challenge his detention expressed in a Wednesday court filing.
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Cole Tomas Allen on Thursday waived his right to challenge his detention in jail — for now — on charges of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner last weekend. Allen's waiver was a reversal of the defense team's intention to challenge his detention, which was expressed in a court filing on Wednesday night. "He's conceding detention at this time," Allen's lawyer, Tezira Abe, told Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya, during a hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office in a court filing on Wednesday had urged Upadhyaya to keep the 31-year-old California resident locked up without bond pending trial.
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