Cole Allen agrees to stay in jail before his Trump assassination attempt trial
Cole Tomas Allen has agreed to remain in jail without challenging his detention for now, waiving his right to seek bond ahead of his trial on charges related to an alleged assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. His defense team had previously intended to seek his release but informed the court they spoke with Allen before he made the decision. The judge denied the prosecution's request to present additional evidence supporting detention, calling the move inefficient and unprecedented.
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Cole Tomas Allen on Thursday told a judge he was waiving his right to challenge his detention in jail — for now — on charges of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner last Saturday night.Allen's waiver was a reversal of the defense team's intention to seek his release on bond pending trial, which was announced in a court filing on Wednesday night."He's conceding detention at this time," Allen's lawyer, Tezira Abe, told Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya, during a hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia.
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