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White House Correspondents’ dinner suspect to face additional charges [SOUND]

# US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, has confirmed that additional charges will be brought against Cole Tomas Allen, the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner suspect. The 31-year-old has been charged with three federal crimes: an attempt to assassinate the US president, transportation of firearms to commit a felony, and unlawful discharge of a firearm during violence. Allen attempted to charge past a security checkpoint armed during the dinner on Saturday evening. Pirro says political violence will not be tolerated:

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