A federal grand jury has handed down a terrorism charge against Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in April. The announcement came from the office of Jeanine Pirro, US Attorney for the District of Columbia, on a Friday, and was reported as a new superseding indictment unsealed on Thursday.

Allen was already facing charges of attempting to assassinate the President of the United States. According to the account in the Daily Mail, he ran past a Secret Service checkpoint at the Washington Hilton and traded fire with agents stationed outside the annual media dinner, where Trump was seated at the head table. Federal prosecutors allege Allen attempted to kill Trump. Allen is also charged with assaulting an officer or employee of the United States with a deadly weapon, transporting a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.S1

The terrorism charge brings the total to five counts, and Allen has pleaded not guilty to all of them, including the terrorism count entered on Friday. NBC News reported that because there is no federal domestic terrorism statute, Allen was charged under a local DC law, a route available because Pirro's office can prosecute both federal and local crimes involving adult defendants. ABC News noted that the new charge was described with little detail.S1S2

Trump and the First Lady were moved to safety during the attack, and Vice President JD Vance was also among those protected. That night Trump held an impromptu briefing from the White House podium, promising to attend the dinner again; a make-up dinner was later held in late July at a different Washington hotel.S1

Allen's next court date is a status conference on December 4, and a jury trial is scheduled for September 7, 2027.S1