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

Apr 27, 2026
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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