Cole Allen's defense seeks removal from suicide watch
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Updated · Fox News · May 3
Cole Allen's defense seeks removal from suicide watch
4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 3
At a Monday emergency hearing, Judge Zia Faruqui will consider the request by Allen, 31, the suspect in the April 25 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooting in Washington.
Lawyers say 24-hour lockdown in a safe cell blocks family contact, access to a jail tablet and legal papers, and forces strip searches, shower escorts and a padded vest.
Prosecutors, led by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, plan to present the case to a grand jury this week as Allen faces federal charges including attempted assassination of the president, with more expected.
How did an attacker with multiple weapons get past initial security at a major presidential event?