Nick Gilbertson

26 Apr 2026

The suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner wrote a manifesto and attended a No King’s protest, according to a senior Trump administration official.

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, had a manifesto detailing his intention to target officials in the Trump administration, a senior Trump administration official confirmed to Breitbart News. Fox News’s Jacqui Heinrich first reported on the details.https://www.breitbart.com/t/assets/html/tweet-5.html#2048409597749162144

Allen allegedly shared a manifesto with family before he allegedly stormed the Washington Hilton — where the dinner was being held in the ballroom—with what NBC News reported was a shotgun, a handgun, and several knives. His brother alerted authorities after receiving the alleged manifesto, Heinrich reported in a post on X.

Allen also attended a leftist anti-Trump No Kings protest, was a regular at the shooting range, and was a member of a group known as The Wide Awakes, Heinrich wrote.he suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner wrote a manifesto and attended a No King’s protest, according to a senior Trump administration official.