The U.S. Attorney for Washington said the the suspect would charged with using a firearm during in a violent crime and assaulting a federal officer.

The Secret Service is facing scrutiny over security at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where President Donald Trump was evacuated Saturday.

Cole Allen was allegedly brandishing the Mossberg Maverick 12-gauge when he rushed toward security at the gala dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night.

Federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal complaint and affidavit against Cole Allen, the 31-year old man accused of firing shots Saturday outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. He is charged with three counts,

The man accused of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump and members of his cabinet spent weeks planning his attack, prosecutors have claimed. Cole Allen, who appeared in court for the first time on Monday after being charged, allegedly started preparing in early April what authorities characterised as a premeditated murder plot.

Cole Tomas Allen, the man accused of charging a security checkpoint outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner while armed with multiple weapons, has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump.

‘I’m in shock,’ said a former classmate of Cole Allen, who is in custody after the attack outside the White House correspondents’ dinner.

Social media posts that appear to match the California man arrested in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner show he is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer.