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Man who crashed truck into White House barriers in 2023 pleads guilty

Red flag on the ground with a white and red truck in the back
A Nazi flag and other objects recovered from a truck as the Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies investigate it at Lafayette Park in Washington, on 23 May 2023. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

A Missouri man pleaded guilty on Monday to crashing a rented truck into metal barriers surrounding the White House in May 2023, admitting that he had been “fueled by the ideology of Nazi Germany” and hoped to overthrow the US government.

Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, from Chesterfield, Missouri, and also a citizen of India, pleaded guilty to a single count of damaging federal property. He faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in August.

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