U.S. Attorney DC

🚨 MAJOR BUST: The Scam Center Strike just froze another $25 million in crypto linked to Chinese transnational criminal networks. This brings our total restrained assets to over $725M as we continue to dismantle the financial infrastructure of global fraud.

David Andrew Williams, 32, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, pleaded guilty today in connection with the armed robberies of five restaurants in Southeast and Northwest Washington. Read More Here: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/pre… @USAttyPirro @DCPoliceDept @FBIWFO @MetroTransitPD

Johnny Gregory, 42, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a Superior Court jury today for charges stemming from strangling his wife in January 2026. Read More Here: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/hus… @USAttyPirro @DCPoliceDept

Last week, our team joined millions across the globe to commemorate International Denim Day. International Denim Day began as a global protest after the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction, infamously ruling that the victim's tight jeans implied consent. International Denim Day is a reminder that legal technicalities and harmful stereotypes have no place in the justice system. We wear denim to show our community that we support survivors; we believe their stories, and we are working every day to hold perpetrators accountable.

We will continue to be transparent with the evidence against Cole Allen.

What we have learned from the investigation: Cole Allen did everything necessary, in his mind, to kill the President. He faces life in prison for that intent and we are extremely confident about the case my office is bringing against him.

Curtis Nathaniel Suber, 35, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 30 months in prison in connection with unlawfully possessing a loaded firearm while driving drunk and carrying drugs he intended to sell. Read More Here: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/con… @USAttyPirro @DCPoliceDept @ATFWashington

Today, we are releasing video already provided to U.S. District Court showing Cole Allen shoot a U.S. Secret Service officer during his attempt to assassinate the President at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. There is no evidence the shooting was the result of friendly fire. The video also shows Allen casing the area in the Hilton Hotel the day before the attack. My office along with the @FBI will continue this extensive investigation to bring Cole Allen to justice.

Joseph Gallina, 34, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to coercing and enticing a minor. Read More Here: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/new… @USAttyPirro @FBI @FBIWFO

Cierra Lee and Kayvon Edwards, along with their co-defendant Robyn Bynum, lured young women with the promise of a babysitting job, but instead subjected them to a terrifying kidnapping and armed robbery involving a knife and duct tape. This was a calculated effort, directed by Edwards from jail, to intimidate and silence a witness connected to a rape case. Such conduct shows a blatant disregard for the law and the safety of others. My office will continue to hold accountable those who resort to violence and coercion to obstruct justice.

Cierra Charity Lee, 20 and Kayvon Edwards, 21, of the District of Columbia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in connection with the Oct. 20, 2025, kidnapping and armed robbery of two female victims in Southeast.  Read More Here: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/thr…  @USAttyPirro @FBIWFO @DCPoliceDept

Brandon Smith, 34, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 87 months in prison for conspiring to traffic at least nine firearms to a prohibited buyer over the course of six months. Read More Here: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/con… @USAttyPirro @ATFWashington @DCPoliceDept

When a federal judge believes he can stand in front of the door of a grand jury and prevent a prosecutor from investigating the billion dollar cost overruns on a very small project, you’ve got to appeal the decision and we will.

Yesterday, Andrew Jacobson, 25, of Great Mills, Maryland, pleaded guilty to coercing and enticing a minor. Read More Here: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/mar… @USAttyPirro @FBI

We filed papers in court this morning indicating that Cole Allen was calculated, he was premeditated and he had every intention of killing the President and anyone who got in his way.

Cole Allen is facing life in prison for the attempt to assassinate the President and more charges are on the way. We are now combing through his digital footprint and communications to find out whether or not he had the intent to kill additional people by name.

Members of Congress, cabinet officials, the heads of federal law enforcement agencies, churches, journalists — Thomasz Szabo and his followers targeted them all with swatting calls and fake bomb threats designed to send armed police to their doors. This administration will not tolerate attacks on the institutions and individuals who serve this country. Szabo was extradited from Romania to face justice in an American courtroom, and today he has reaped the consequences of his actions.

Thomasz Szabo, 27, of Romania, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his role as leader of an online swatting ring that targeted more than 75 public officials, four religious institutions, and multiple journalists in a nationwide threat spree. Read More Here: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/rom… @USAttyPirro @SecretService @FBIWFO @CapitolPolice

Kiyel Kearney, 23, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced yesterday to 40 months in prison for illegally possessing a loaded revolver  in May 2025 when his status as a felon prohibited him from having any firearm. Read More Here: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/fel… @USAttyPirro @DCPoliceDept @ATFWashington

Ronnie Rogers, 70, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 236 months in prison for his role as a key figure in a large-scale conspiracy that imported and distributed fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and other controlled substances in the Washington, D.C., area. Read More Here: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/thr… @USAttyPirro @DEAHQ @FBIWFO @DCPoliceDept