{"id":27325,"date":"2026-04-28T03:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:03:21","slug":"washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington media dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The man accused of opening fire at a Washington dinner attended by Donald Trump was charged on Monday with attempting to assassinate the US president and could face life in prison if convicted.<br \/>\nCole Tomas Allen, 31, wore a blue jail-issue V-neck shirt and pants at his first appearance in Washington federal court, two days after authorities said he launched an unsuccessful attack at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner, an annual black-tie gathering of journalists and&#8230;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man accused of opening fire at a Washington dinner attended by Donald Trump was charged on Monday with attempting to assassinate the US president and could face life in prison if convicted. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, wore a blue jail-issue V-neck shirt and pants at his first appearance in Washington federal court, two days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-china-morning-post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Washington media dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump - Sting FM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Washington media dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump - Sting FM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The man accused of opening fire at a Washington dinner attended by Donald Trump was charged on Monday with attempting to assassinate the US president and could face life in prison if convicted. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, wore a blue jail-issue V-neck shirt and pants at his first appearance in Washington federal court, two days [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sting FM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-28T07:03:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"stingfm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"stingfm\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/\",\"name\":\"Washington media dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump - Sting FM\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-28T07:03:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/75b68690ff6fff7cd0c3c1d50fa16232\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Washington media dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Sting FM\",\"description\":\"Just another WordPress site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/75b68690ff6fff7cd0c3c1d50fa16232\",\"name\":\"stingfm\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fdc64e30c2f5f6ed575e3a7d39b6e5a3f0449eee09ee89b320151a80fcc9caba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fdc64e30c2f5f6ed575e3a7d39b6e5a3f0449eee09ee89b320151a80fcc9caba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"stingfm\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/stingfm.com\/news\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/author\/stingfm\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Washington media dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump - Sting FM","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Washington media dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump - Sting FM","og_description":"The man accused of opening fire at a Washington dinner attended by Donald Trump was charged on Monday with attempting to assassinate the US president and could face life in prison if convicted. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, wore a blue jail-issue V-neck shirt and pants at his first appearance in Washington federal court, two days [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/","og_site_name":"Sting FM","article_published_time":"2026-04-28T07:03:21+00:00","author":"stingfm","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"stingfm"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/","url":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/","name":"Washington media dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump - Sting FM","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-04-28T07:03:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/75b68690ff6fff7cd0c3c1d50fa16232"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/washington-media-dinner-suspect-charged-with-attempted-assassination-of-trump\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Washington media dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/","name":"Sting FM","description":"Just another WordPress site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/75b68690ff6fff7cd0c3c1d50fa16232","name":"stingfm","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fdc64e30c2f5f6ed575e3a7d39b6e5a3f0449eee09ee89b320151a80fcc9caba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fdc64e30c2f5f6ed575e3a7d39b6e5a3f0449eee09ee89b320151a80fcc9caba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"stingfm"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/stingfm.com\/news"],"url":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/author\/stingfm\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}