Trump calls suspect in press dinner attack 'pretty sick guy'

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Trump calls suspect in press dinner attack 'pretty sick guy'

Issued on: 27/04/2026 - 11:01

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the suspect accused of trying to attack administration officials at a ​black-tie gala on Saturday night was a "pretty sick guy" who had been flagged to law enforcement by family members. Trump said in TV interviews that the suspect, whom an official identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, California, had posted what Trump described as an "anti-Christian" manifesto.

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