ByZachary Folk,
Forbes Staff.
The suspected gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner commented about what he saw as lax security measures in copies of his “manifesto” seen by Bloomberg and CBS News, as more details slowly come out about the suspect’s potential motive for trying to forcibly enter the gala on Saturday night.
The suspected gunman who tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night was identified by multiple outlets as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, citing law enforcement sources.
The suspect allegedly referred to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” in writing being reviewed by investigators, the Associated Press reported, while also denouncing the Trump administration’s policies, while he mocked security at the event in writing described as a manifesto seen by other outlets.
