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California Tutor Calls Himself "Friendly Federal Assassin" Before Correspondents' Dinner Shooting | Crime Alert 04.28.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, Breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Silvanni. Cole Thomas Allen, the man authority say
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  Speaker 2: attempted to storm the d C Hilton ballroom with a
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  Speaker 2: literal Arsenal appeared in federal court yesterday. He's now officially
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  Speaker 2: charged with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump. The
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  Speaker 2: scene in the courtroom Monday was a stark contrast to
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  Speaker 2: the mayhem on Saturday night. Allan, dressed in a blue
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  Speaker 2: jumpsuit and flanked by four US marshals, was described as
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  Speaker 2: soft spoken, even nodding along as the judge explained the proceedings.
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  Speaker 2: But over the weekend, Alan's attempts to enter the ballroom
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  Speaker 2: with a shotgun sent guests ducking under tables and Secret
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  Speaker 2: Service agents rushing the President and First Lady off stage
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  Speaker 2: as shots rang out. While Allan's defense highlights he has
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  Speaker 2: no prior criminal record and remains presumed innocent, the prosecution
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  Speaker 2: is laying out a terrifying inventory of what he brought
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  Speaker 2: with him to the Hilton.
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  Speaker 1: These are the weapons that the defendant had on his person.
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  Speaker 1: You can say that's a twelve gained pop action Mossburg
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  Speaker 1: shotgun to thirty eight semi automatic. He had at least
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  Speaker 1: three knives and all kinds of paraphernalia.
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  Speaker 2: Beyond those firearms. Investigators are now piecing together a methodical
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  Speaker 2: cross country journey that led to that ballroom. Acting Attorney
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  Speaker 2: General Todd Blanche is pushing back against any narrative of
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  Speaker 2: a security lapse, insisting that the layers of protection worked
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  Speaker 2: exactly as intended.
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  Speaker 3: Law enforcement did not fail. They did exactly what they
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  Speaker 3: are trained to do. This was not an accident. It
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  Speaker 3: was the result, as we know now, of preparation. But
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  Speaker 3: the men and women who protected us that night were trained, professional,
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  Speaker 3: and had an enduring commitment to the rule of law.
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  Speaker 2: Blanche also detailed a timeline that suggests this wasn't a
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  Speaker 2: heat of the moment decision, but a calculated strike. Involving
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  Speaker 2: a train trip halfway across the country.
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  Speaker 3: The defendant Allen made a hotel reservation at the Washington
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  Speaker 3: Hilton for April twenty fourth through April twenty sixth. On
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  Speaker 3: April twenty first, he traveled by train from Los Angeles
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  Speaker 3: to Chicago, and then from Chicago to Washington, d C.
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  Speaker 3: On April twenty fourth, he arrived in Washington, d C.
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  Speaker 3: At approximately one o'clock in the afternoon and checked into
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  Speaker 3: the Washington Hilton.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps the most chilling detail released involves a message Alan
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  Speaker 2: sent to his family just ten minutes before the shooting.
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  Speaker 2: He reportedly described himself as a friendly federal assassin and
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  Speaker 2: listed administration officials as his targets. His family says they
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  Speaker 2: actually tried to alert police after reading his radical writings,
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  Speaker 2: but by then the clock had run out. One law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement officer was shot in the vest during the scramble. Thankfully,
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  Speaker 2: that officer is expected to recover. On paper, Alan doesn't
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  Speaker 2: fit the profile of a typical high risk suspect. He's
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  Speaker 2: a highly educated tutor and an amateur video game developer
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  Speaker 2: who spent years helping students with college prep. Now he
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  Speaker 2: faces the possibility of life in prison and remains behind
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  Speaker 2: bars and is do back in court this Thursday for
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  Speaker 2: a detention hearing. More crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 2: Over the weekend, the search for missing USF graduate student
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  Speaker 2: Nihita Bristy took a tragic turn, and we are learning
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  Speaker 2: disturbing new details about the digital trail that led police
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  Speaker 2: to the man they say killed her and her boyfriend,
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  Speaker 2: fellow doctoral student, Zamil Leman. On Friday, twenty six year
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  Speaker 2: old he sham Abu Garbier was taken into custody at
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  Speaker 2: the home he shared with Zamil Leman. While Lehman's body
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  Speaker 2: had been recovered, investigators were still holding out hope that
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  Speaker 2: Lehman's girlfriend, Nihita Bristi, might be found alive.
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  Speaker 4: I am heartbroken to announce the discovery of human remains
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  Speaker 4: discovered on the Howard Franklin Bridge earlier this morning. Just now,
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  Speaker 4: those remains were positively identified to Zamil. We are still
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  Speaker 4: actively searching for Nahdah and again I implore the community
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  Speaker 4: if you have any tips of where you've seen or
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  Speaker 4: or she's just recently seen, please report it to the
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  Speaker 4: Hillsboro County Sheriff's Office immediately so we can recover her
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  Speaker 4: to safety.
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  Speaker 2: That hope was shattered Sunday when deputies recovered a second
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  Speaker 2: set of human remains near the Saint Petersburg side of
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  Speaker 2: the Howard Franklin Bridge. While the formal identification is pending
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  Speaker 2: from the medical examiner, the location aligns with the site
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  Speaker 2: where police found Lehman's remains in a black plastic bag.
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  Speaker 2: We are also getting a chilling look into the suspect's
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  Speaker 2: search history. Prosecutors filed new court documents Saturday, alleging that
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  Speaker 2: days before the murders, Abu Garbier turned to chat GPT
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  Speaker 2: for advice on how to dispose of a body. According
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  Speaker 2: to the filing, he asked the AI what would happen
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  Speaker 2: if someone threw human remains in a dumpster? When the
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  Speaker 2: AI flagged the query as dangerous, he allegedly pushed back,
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  Speaker 2: asking how would they find out? The digital trail didn't
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  Speaker 2: stop there. On the night of the disappearances, traffic cameras
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  Speaker 2: and GPS data placed Abu Garbier's car on the Howard
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  Speaker 2: Franklin Bridge at one thirty am. Prosecutors say he stopped
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  Speaker 2: for several minutes and used the flashlight tool on his
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  Speaker 2: phone right in the area where the bodies were ultimately dumped.
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  Speaker 2: Back at the apartment the men shared, police found a
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  Speaker 2: CBS receipt for trash bags, Lysol wipes, and fabriz They
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  Speaker 2: eventually discovered bloody clothes and the same brand of trash
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  Speaker 2: bags hidden under the suspect's bed, along with Nahita's purse
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  Speaker 2: and shoes. Samuel's student ID, glasses and credit cards were
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  Speaker 2: recovered from a dumpster near the apartment. Abu Garbier, who
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  Speaker 2: has a documented history of violent tantrums and domestic battery,
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  Speaker 2: is now being held without bond. He now faces two
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  Speaker 2: counts of first degree murder. Given the nature of the crimes,
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  Speaker 2: prosecutors indicate he could face the death penalty. For the
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  Speaker 2: latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure to tune
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  Speaker 2: in tomorrow on your favorite podcast app with this crime alert.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Silvanni.