Attorneys for the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at a press gala ​last weekend asked a judge on Saturday to remove ‌him from suicide precautions while in jail in Washington.

Cole Tomas Allen allegedly stormed a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun outside the White ​House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25.

When he was initially ​booked into the jail facility on April 27, ⁠Allen was assigned a “safe cell,” described as a padded room ​with 24-hour lockdown procedures and a requirement to wear “a vest ​akin to a strait jacket,” according to a filing by his lawyers in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

He was then ​downgraded to “suicide precautions,” which means Allen could still not ​make phone calls, receive visits from anyone aside from his legal team, ‌or ⁠spend time outside his cell except for legal visits or showers, with an escort, the filing states.

A nurse on Friday recommended that those precautions be ended, but they remained in place ​as of ​a visit by ⁠one of his public defence lawyers that day, the filing states.

Allen’s status “amounts to punishment” and ​denies him resources such as the use of ​a ⁠jail tablet, “which would permit him to communicate with loved ones outside of the jail,” the filing states.

Allen is charged with attempted ⁠assassination, ​discharging a firearm during a crime ​of violence and illegally transporting guns and ammunition across state lines. He has ​not yet entered a plea.