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Tutor Arrested at White House Dinner, Calls Himself ‘Friendly Assassin’

4/27/2026

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Story summary

Cole Tomas Allen, a tutor, was arrested after trying to bypass a White House Correspondents' dinner checkpoint with a pistol, shotgun and knives.
Allen sent a thousand-word note to his family denouncing actions of U.S. President Donald Trump and calling himself “Friendly Federal Assassin”.
He bought the pistol in October 2023 and the shotgun in 2022, had no criminal record, and holds degrees from Caltech and California State University, Dominguez Hills.

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Story summary

Cole Tomas Allen, a tutor, was arrested after trying to bypass a White House Correspondents' dinner checkpoint with a pistol, shotgun and knives.
Allen sent a thousand-word note to his family denouncing actions of U.S. President Donald Trump and calling himself “Friendly Federal Assassin”.
He bought the pistol in October 2023 and the shotgun in 2022, had no criminal record, and holds degrees from Caltech and California State University, Dominguez Hills.