'Cole Allen's Journey Of Accountability In The Criminal Justice System Starts Today' : Jeanine Pirro

Added: 2026-04-29

[00:00:00]Thank you, Mr. Attorney General.

[00:00:04]Cole Allen's journey of accountability in the criminal justice system starts today.

[00:00:11]Todd Blanch just indicated to you the charges. Those charges are only three charges that are in the complaint that has been presented in federal district court about an hour ago. There will be additional charges as this investigation continues to unfold. But make no mistake, this was an attempted assassination of the president of the United States with the defendant making clear what his intent was. And that intent was to bring down as many of the highranking cabinet officials as he could. This is the kind of situation that we cannot tolerate. And as the attorney general has just indicated, it could have been so much worse. But for the reality that we had the Secret Service as well as the Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI, now the facts make it very clear what this intent was. You may recall that it was on March 2nd that the president indicated that he would be attending this public event at the at the Hilton.

[00:01:23]And on April 6th, that's when Cole Allen first made a hotel reservation at the Washington Hilton for three nights, the 24th, the 25th, and the 26th. It was on April 21st that he traveled all the way from the west coast from home from his home near LA. He gets to Chicago on April 23rd and has been indicated he arrives in DC on the 24th and he checks into the hotel at about 300 p.m. He stays overnight.

[00:02:00]He is very much aware that the president and the first lady entered the ballroom at 8:00m and it was at 8:40 that he made a decision to rush the ballroom. And thank goodness law enforcement, the Secret Service was able to prevent him from getting into that ballroom. He was not injured other than some kind of scrape on his knee.

[00:02:27]Now, as indicated, these are the weapons that the defendant had on his person.

[00:02:34]You can see that's a 12 gauge pumpaction Mossberg shotgun. It's a 38 semi-automatic. He had at least three knives and all kinds of paraphernalia.

[00:02:44]So, any any suggestion that he wasn't there to do harm is absurd. We will prove when he purchased these guns, they were purchased in California. Why is that relevant? It is relevant because he crossed interstate lines with those firearms and those are the firearms that he used on the night of the 25th or attempted to use at the very least. Now, the manifesto also makes clear about his expected rules of engagement.

[00:03:17]You know, you can look at it and read it and it may seem kind of la, but at the end, make no mistake, he says, "I am targeting the administration officials.

[00:03:28]They are my targets, and I'm prioritizing from the top down, the highest ranking, from the lowest. And I will not hesitate to get involved in any kind of encounter with anyone who blocks me from the president."

[00:03:44]Now, finally, let me say one thing.

[00:03:47]Within days of the president nominating me to be the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, I was at the scene of a double homicide where one Elas Rodriguez crossed state lines from Chicago with a firearm to commit a felony in the district. He's now indicted for the murder of two individuals, Lauran Leashinsky and Sarah Mgrim, here in Washington.

[00:04:11]Not long after that, another individual, Ramanella Lockenwal, crossed state lines, again with a firearm with intent to commit a felony here in Washington.

[00:04:22]He traveled from the state of Washington. He is now indicted with the murder of Sarah Beckram, a National Guardsman, and the attempted murder of National Guard Andrew Wolf. Today we have Cole Allen, another individual charged with crossing state lines coming from California with a firearm with the intent to commit a felony here in the district. Let this be a message to anyone who thinks that Washington DC is the place to act out political violence.

[00:04:54]And if you are willing to do so with a firearm and cross state lines, we will find you. We will track your steps from the inception of your plan and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. Washington DC is not the place to travel to commit acts of violence.

[00:05:13]The Constitution and the laws of the United States permit us to register our views through our voices and our votes.

[00:05:20]What they don't permit is making your views known through violence, especially violence directed at the president of the United States. This is anti-democratic at its core.