“U-Haul Nazi” Pleads Guilty In Crash Into WH Barrier

CBS News reports:

A Missouri man has pleaded guilty to crashing a U-Haul into a White House security barrier in May 2023. Sai Kandula, 20, wearing an orange jail jumpsuit and speaking softly from the podium of a Washington, D.C., federal courtroom, acknowledged he had deliberately slammed into a security bollard in a failed attempt to seize power at the White House and install a dictatorship aligned with Nazi beliefs.

Kandula pleaded guilty to a federal charge of willful depredation of federal property and will face a recommended 8 years in prison when he’s sentenced on Aug. 23. CBS News was present during Kandula’s plea agreement hearing Monday, during which prosecutors and the judge referenced a possible terrorism enhancement at Kandula’s sentencing. Kandula said he had recently begun taking medication for schizophrenia.

Read the full article. Kandula reportedly flew to DC on a one-way ticket, rented the U-Haul at the airport, and drove directly to the White House. He is a permanent US resident, having emigrated from India as a child. As you can see in the screenshot above, he brought a swastika flag with him in the U-Haul.