Cole Allen's defense lawyers fight to remove him from suicide watch

The defense team for Cole Allen, the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting suspect, has filed a motion asking the judge to take him off suicide watch, arguing it violates his due process rights.

During an emergency motions hearing set for Monday, Allen’s defense team will ask Judge Zia Faruqui to remove him from suicide watch, which keeps him on 24-hour lockdown in a "safe cell," so he can communicate with family and participate in his own defense.

"Such restrictions deprive Mr.