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A federal judge on Monday sharply criticized the treatment of accused White House Correspondents' Dinner attacker Cole Allen, at one point apologizing to the defendant for what he saw as overly restrictive and punitive conditions in jail.

The judge convened a hearing on Monday after attorneys for Cole Allen requested over the weekend that he be removed from suicide watch at D.C.'s jail facility.

Cole Allen was isolated from other inmates, denied a Bible and placed on suicide watch despite showing no suicidal tendencies

Cole Allen is charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel.

Munawar Faruqui tied the knot with Mehzabeen Coatwala in May 2024 in an intimate ceremony followed by a wedding reception in Mumbai.