Prosecutors allege that Allen attempted to storm past a security checkpoint and fired a shot at a US Secret Service agent at the event at a Washington Hilton hotel. The federal agent was hit in an exchange of gunfire but was saved by his bullet-proof vest.
Agents tackled Allen just short of a staircase that leads down to a ballroom where the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner – attended by journalists, Trump and many top US officials – was getting under way.
The US president, Vice-President JD Vance, cabinet members, and a number of White House officials were rushed from the Washington Hilton hotel ballroom after the gunshots rang out.
Allen’s appearance in court on Monday was his first time standing before US District Judge Trevor McFadden, who will preside over the remainder of the case.
His lawyers have requested Judge McFadden to disqualify all the US attorneys in the Washington office, including US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro from participating in the case, according to CBS News.
Allen’s attorneys are also trying to remove Attorney General Todd Blanche from the case.
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