Judge Apologizes to Attempted Assassination Suspect

A federal judge on Monday decried the prison treatment of President Donald Trump’s alleged would-be assassin, and apologized to him for restrictive confinement imposed by jail staff.

VERBATIM: Cole Allen has been in federal custody since prosecutors say he attempted to crash the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and kill President Trump along with other high-level government officials.

Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui told a Department of Corrections attorney that he was “fascinated and disturbed” by Allen’s treatment in jail. Allen was placed on suicide watch when he was first imprisoned.

Prosecutor Jocelyn Ballantine reasoned that since Allen told investigators he did not expect to survive the alleged attack, he could be a danger to himself.

Bernie Bennett, Washington.