The suspect arrested for the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner allegedly made an anti-Trump manifesto which he sent out to his family member minutes before opening fire at the gala venue.
According to the New York Post, the manifesto stated that he would only target officials from the US President Donald Trump-led administration.
The manifesto read, 'I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,' gunman Cole Allen allegedly wrote.
Trump has faced allegations about his connections with the late Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted pedophile who died by suicide in jail in 2019.
Ahead of the gala, photos of President Trump along with Epstein were projected onto the facade if the Washington Hilton, the hotel where the dinner later took place.
The manifesto also stated that all Trump administration officials, excluding Mr. Patel, were targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest.
Allen also spoke about the security at the venue, saying that security was 'focused on protestors and current arrivals.'
