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US Attorney says ballistic evidence ties suspect to Correspondents' Dinner attack
The case tests federal prosecutors' ability to link a named suspect to an attack on a high-profile Washington event protected by the Secret Service.
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U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said a pellet recovered from a Secret Service agent's vest links Cole Tomas Allen to an attack connected to the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Pirro described the ballistic evidence as definitively tying Allen to the incident in remarks to CNN on Sunday. The disclosure came as federal prosecutors built their case against Allen.
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Forensic breakthrough frame
"A pellet recovered from a Secret Service agent's vest provides the physical evidence definitively tying Cole Tomas Allen to the White House Correspondents' Dinner attack, marking a decisive step in building the case against him."
Prosecutor-led narrative frame
"U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is publicly steering the story of how investigators connected the suspect to the shooting, using a high-profile Sunday show appearance to frame the evidence as airtight before the case reaches court."