The 'selfie' that shows Trump's attacker entered the hotel armed to the teeth

BarcelonaHours after an armed man stormed the traditional White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton hotel,. He lay on the floor naked, face down, subdued by security guards.This Wednesday, U.S. authorities released new images in which the suspect appears dressed and armed, inside a hotel room, shortly before the assault. Allen appears in a black suit and red tie, using his phone to take a photo of himself in front of the mirror. And armed: he appears to be carrying a leather bag full of ammunition, a shoulder holster, a knife sheathed at his waist, and pliers. The photograph was reportedly taken at 8:03 p.m. and the weapons match those carried by the suspect.

The images are part of a court document with the government's arguments to oppose any bail for Allen, accused of assaulting the annual gathering of journalists and government officials in Washington. He is accused of attempted assassination of the president, interstate transport of a firearm with intent to commit a felony, and discharging a firearm during a violent crime.

The court document also includes images of the shotgun Allen allegedly used in Saturday's assault, along with knives and a loaded .38 caliber pistol.

"If the defendant had achieved the intended outcome, it would have caused one of the darkest days in United States history," says Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Jones, who adds that the evidence "of his guilt is overwhelming." "This was a planned attack of unfathomable malice that endangered the lives of hundreds of people whose only transgression was attending an annual event that the media celebrated with the President of the United States," Jones writes.

Allen traveled from Los Angeles to Chicago and then to Washington, with the weapons he had legally purchased. According to the prosecutors' memorandum, Allen was writing notes on his phone with observations and thoughts during the trip, during which he showed great admiration for the scenery he saw from the train. Among the reflections he is said to have made are the following: "in the desert of the Southwest in spring, distant wind turbines rise like snow-capped mountains across the cloudy desert of New Mexico"; "Chicago is great; a bit like a small Iowa town scaled up to the size of Los Angeles," and "the forests of Pennsylvania are impressive, they seem like vast fairy lands full of small streams dripping in spring."

Politico journalist Kyle Cheney notes that the prosecutors' memorandum does not include any reference to any bullet-wounded agent, as the U.S. administration had initially assured.