Overview
- Cole Allen received an apology from U.S. District Judge Zia Faruqui, who called his jail treatment legally deficient during a courtroom review of his confinement.
- The judge ordered jail officials to explain the use of isolation and kept the review on the calendar despite a defense request to cancel it.
- Jailers had moved Allen out of a padded suicide‑prevention cell into a standard cell shortly before the hearing.
- For several days after his arrest, Allen was kept under constant watch with lights on, near‑total isolation, no phone access, and restricted access to a Bible.
- Allen is charged with attempted assassination of President Trump and two weapons offenses after an armed breach attempt at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where security exchanged gunfire, no one was hurt, and the president was evacuated.