WHCA Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen pleads not guilty, judge scoffs at defense’s power play

The man accused of attempting to kill President Donald Trump on April 25 at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner entered a plea in a Washington, D.C., federal court Monday morning to four charges related to the alleged crime.

Cole Allen, who was shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, pleaded not guilty to attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, transporting a firearm across state lines and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon.