Accused correspondents' dinner shooter charged with assaulting a federal officer

Washington — Accused White House Correspondents' Dinner attacker Cole Allen is now facing charges of assaulting a federal officer. Allen was formally indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four charges, including three counts that he was charged with through a criminal complaint last week — attempting to assassinate President Trump and two firearm charges — and a new count of assault on a federal law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon. Federal prosecutors charged Allen in the hours after the attempted attack at the annual press gala in Washington, D.C., but had not presented the charges to a grand jury to secure an indictment until Tuesday. Prosecutors allege on April 25, Allen — armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives — attempted to break through a security checkpoint one story above the ballroom at the Washington Hilton , where Mr. Trump, top administration officials and members of the press corps were dining. The indictment also accuses Allen of assaulting a federal officer referred to as V.G. with a shotgun. Law enforcement officials have alleged that Allen shot at a uniformed Secret Service officer who was hit on his protective vest by buckshot. The officer was not seriously hurt. Allen, 31, has not yet entered a plea and is set to be arraigned on May 11. Allen's legal team agreed that he will remain detained as pre-trial proceedings play out. His case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, who was nominated to the post by Mr. Trump in 2017. …