Accused WHCD shooter seeks to disqualify Pirro, Blanche because they attended event

Attorneys for accused White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter Cole Allen asked a judge Thursday night to disqualify U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro and other senior Justice Department leaders from the case because they were present during the incident. In the motion , his lawyers led with a quote from FBI Director Kash Patel, who appeared at a press conference two days after the shooting to discuss the case alongside acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Pirro. "This one hits a little differently. We were all there," the motion quotes Patel as saying. Allen has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump, assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and two gun counts. He has not yet entered a plea. Allen's legal team argued Thursday that Pirro and Blanche should be disqualified due to their status as "purported victims and witnesses in this case." His lawyers noted that federal prosecutors have accused Allen of trying to kill "high-ranking government officials" — a term that could refer to Blanche and Pirro. They also pointed out that Pirro is a longtime friend of Mr. …