In the document, he referred to himself as a "Friendly Federal Assassin" and stated that he was attempting to kill officials of President Donald Trump's administration. He described the targets as "administration officials," excluding FBI Director Kash Patel, with priority from highest to lowest rank.
"Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I am not a person who was raped in a detention camp. I am not a fisherman executed without trial. I am not a schoolchild blown up, nor a starved child, nor a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration. Turning the other cheek when someone else is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the crimes of the oppressor. I am no longer willing to let a pedophile, rapist, and traitor smear my hands with their crimes," Cole wrote.
He also stated that he would use buckshot instead of regular bullets to reduce the number of casualties.
"Like, one thing I immediately noticed entering the hotel was a sense of arrogance. I walk in with multiple pieces of weaponry, and no one there considers the possibility that I could be a threat. The security at the event is always outside, focused on protesters and current arrivals, because obviously no one thought about what happens if someone checks in a day early. Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I sincerely hope it will be corrected by the time this country gets truly competent leadership again," the manifesto reads.
According to a U.S. official, his brother notified the police in New London, Connecticut, about the manifesto. The Secret Service spoke with Allen's sister from Rockville, Maryland, and learned that he frequently expressed politically radical views and talked about doing "something" to solve the world's problems.
Authorities confirmed that Allen purchased two pistols and a shotgun at Cap Tactical Firearms, kept them at his parents' house, and regularly trained at a shooting range.
He was part of the group "The Wide Awakes" and is believed to have attended the "No Kings" protest in California, where he studied and worked as a teacher.