His notes, according to prosecutors, included, “[t]he southwest desert in spring Distant wind turbines looming like snowy mountains across the hazy NM desert,” “Chicago is cool; kinda like an Iowa small town was scaled up to LA size,” and Pennsylvania’s “woods are awesome (look like vast fairy lands filled with tiny trickling creeks in spring apparently.”
Prosecutors say he also used the train ride to research the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and the president’s plans, viewing an article titled “Trump’s Plans for ‘Mic-Drop’ Media Confrontation Are Leaked: The president is planning a rage-fueled moment at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.”
Prosecutors say Allen changed trains in Chicago on April 23 and on the next leg continued reading articles related to the event, including a piece titled “Social Scene: Your Guide to the 2026 White House Correspondents Dinner Weekend.”
When he got to D.C. on Friday, April 24, at 1:10 p.m., prosecutors say, he took the Metro train to the Washington Hilton and checked in around 3:15 p.m.
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