Newly released court documents reveal that the third alleged would-be Trump assassin snapped a selfie just moments before opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday.
Just half an hour before the attack, the suspected gunman, identified as 31-year-old Cole Allen, apparently snapped a mirror selfie in his Washington Hilton hotel room showing firearms and ammunition strapped to his body.
‘It was, at its core, an anti-democratic act of political violence.’
According to the new court documents, the image shows Allen smirking in the mirror while “wearing a small leather bag consistent in appearance with the ammunition-filled bag later recovered from his person,” as well as a holster and two sheathed knives.
The documents also contain images of the shotgun, handgun, and knives the suspect was
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