Trump assassination attempt shooter’s chilling manifesto ‘sent to family’ detailed in full

The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Cole Allen, allegedly sent his chilling manifesto to family just 10 minutes before he is accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The shooter who opened fire at the White House Correspondents dinner called himself the “Friendly Federal Assassin” as the authorities have unearthed a chilling manifesto the shooter penned before the attack.

The suspected shooter was Cole Tomas Allen, 31, from Torrance, California. Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance were among those rushed to safety off the stage after shots were let off during the incident. An officer was shot but the bullet was stopped by a bulletproof vest.

During the hit the job the shooter was reportedly armed with a shotgun and handgun and deemed the conduct of the Trump administration to be “not Christian behavior.” The shooter’s alleged note was given to police by a relative, a US official claims. According to the New York Post, Allen’s manifesto read: “Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial.

“I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration. Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.

“In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls).

“I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people *chose* to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that.’

His targets included “Administration officials (not including [FBI Director Kash] Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.”

Allen is said to be a teacher, who graduated from CalTech in 2017 with a degree in mechanical engineering. While at CalTech, he was a member of the school’s Christian fellowship and the nerf club, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Allen is said to have also earned a master’s degree in computer science at Cal State Dominguez Hills in 2025. On his LinkedIn profile he describes himself as a game developer, engineer, scientist and teacher.

Donald Trump has broken his silence on the hit job on Sunday morning, after the chaotic dinner. Speaking to Fox News Trump said the shooter “had a lot of hatred in his heart” and claimed religion had motivated the gunman’s attack.

The President said: “He had a lot of hatred in his heart for quite a while, and he just, I don’t know, it was a religious thing. It was strongly anti, anti Christian. And I don’t know if you’ve gotten it released the manifesto.

“He’s got some big problems with the rest of his life, but it’s very, very bad, very bad situation.”

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