April 26 (UPI) -- The Trump administration asked the National Trust for Historic Preservation on Sunday to end its legal challenge to President Donald Trump's ballroom following Saturday's arrest at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, saying its lawsuit "puts the lives of the president, his family and staff at grave risk."
"Enough is enough. Your client should voluntarily dismiss this frivolous lawsuit today in light of last night's assassination attempt on President Trump," Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate of the Justice Department's Civil Division said in a letter to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's lawyers.
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, Calif., was arrested Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner hosted at the Washington Hilton Hotel with Trump, his family, members of his Cabinet and many others in attendance.
U.S. Secret Service agents apprehended the suspect -- armed with a shotgun, a handgun and knives -- who allegedly rushed a Secret Service checkpoint in the hotel's lobby, authorities said.
Law enforcement and the suspect exchanged gunfire, resulting in an agent sustaining an injury when shot in the bullet-resistant vest. The injured agent and the suspect, who was not struck by gunfire, were transported to a local hospital for treatment.
