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The suspect charged in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting made his initial appearance in federal court Monday, where he was formally advised of the charges filed by prosecutors
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Allen appeared in court wearing a blue jail uniform and faces charges including attempted assassination of the President of the United States, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, and transporting a firearm across state lines.
When he was arrested, the newly unsealed probable cause affidavit revealed that he had a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun and a Rock Island Armory 1911 .38-caliber pistol.
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