Jeanine Pirro

Today we have Cole Allen, another individual charged with crossing state lines coming from California with a firearm with the intent to commit a felony here in the district.

Let this be a message to anyone who thinks that Washington, D.C.

is the place to act out political violence.

And if you are willing to do so with a firearm and cross state lines,

We will find you, we will track your steps from the inception of your plan, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.

There will be additional charges as this investigation continues to unfold.

But make no mistake, this was an attempted assassination of the President of the United States, with the defendant making clear what his intent was.

And that intent was to bring down as many

of the high-ranking cabinet officials as he could.

Right now, the defendant is being charged with two counts, 924C, using a firearm during a crime of violence, and a second crime under 111, which is assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon.

First of all, I am here because the president asked me to be here.

I am here as, I think, the only double-hatter

in the United States Attorney's offices.

I came here not only for the federal crime, but for the street crime.

I'm back at my roots.

I'm doing what I know best, and I'm doing what I love.

And that's why I left a very nice life.

That's what the president has asked me to do, and that's what I'm doing.

By inserting himself and preventing the grand jury from even obtaining, let alone hearing evidence, he has neutered the grand jury's ability to investigate crime.

As a result, Jerome Powell today is now bathed in immunity, preventing my office from investigating the Federal Reserve.