Posted on 05/04/2026 11:35:33 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
A federal magistrate judge compared the Department of Corrections’ treatment of the man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to that of January 6, 2021, Capitol riot defendants during a Monday hearing over the man’s jail conditions.
Attorneys for Cole Tomas Allen said in court filings that Allen was unfairly placed on suicide watch and restrictive housing inside the Washington, DC, jail where he is being held pretrial.
Allen, who is from California, allegedly rushed through a security checkpoint armed with a shotgun during the April 26 dinner where the president and top administration officials were in attendance. He faces several charges, including attempting to assassinate Trump.
At the hearing Monday, Judge Zia M. Faruqui lambasted the DOC for its treatment of Allen.
Faruqui said he’s handled scores of cases involving defendants who took to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and Allen’s allegations of treatment — including being fully restrained by a five-point shackling system — were worse than how those defendants were treated.
“Pardons may erase convictions, but they do not erase history,” Faruqui said during Monday’s hearing, taking a shot at Trump’s mass pardon of those involved in the January 6 attack.
Faruqui is known for his advocacy of defendants’ civil rights.
“He’s been treated differently than anyone I’ve ever observed,” the judge added.
A representative from the jail said Allen was placed on suicide watch briefly after an initial evaluation from a doctor and final decisions on where he will be housed have not yet been made.
Faruqui concluded Monday’s hearing by personally apologizing to Allen and ordering the jail to inform him when a housing decision had been made.
“I’m sorry,” the judge told Allen. “Whatever you’ve been through, I apologize for that now.”
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Perhaps that's because he actually wanted to KILL people, including the president of the United States, as opposed to wandering around inside the Capitol taking selfies at Nancy Pelosi's desk.
What a turd.
Lord Farquaad
I wouldn't call him a man unless made to, in deference to chromosomes. I can't decide between simpering wimp or whimpering simp. Best leave these hard questions to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
This judge a bad joke. The J6 protestors jailed in the DC gulag were treated horribly. Some were held in solitary for years. Not to mention the beatings, filthy conditions and freezing temperatures. I bet he would apologize to Harvey Lee Oswald for being silenced by the mob too.
Some of the Jan 6 defendants fought with police, but I don’t know of any of them who were trying to kill anybody.
Did this idiot judge apologize to the family of the MURDERED young female at the J6 protest?
I am sure there are trash collectors in society. I think this judge put his hand up.
He is a Muslim who was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on September 14, 2020. Magistrate judges are appointed by a majority vote of the district court judges in their respective districts, not by the President or Senate.
Problem is, that Allen was not goaded into taking his actions, whereas, the protestors at the Capitol om Jan. 6th, 2021, were goaded with flash bangs and other measures.
One shot to death by an LEO. A second one beaten to death with a Club by another LEO.
Bow-Tie - Tucker Carlson approved.
Of course not, the judge is happy Ashlii Babbitt is dead, one less Trump supporter..basically what this “Judge” is saying is that he/she whatever it is, is disappointed that this wannabe assassin didnt succeed in killing Trump
I doubt it.
Quite.
Allen, who is from California, allegedly rushed through a security checkpoint armed with a shotgun
This should raise a case to force the judge to immediately recuse himself from the case and to send the trial outside the dc circuit.
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