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Mar 31, 2014

Man Who Fired At White House Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, who called Obama “the devil” and “the anti-Christ,” admitted to committing a terrorist act, which enhanced the sentence.

Sep 18, 2013

Man Who Fired Shots at White House Pleads Guilty

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 22, was arrested at a Pennsylvania hotel in November 2011, days after he shot at the executive mansion while neither President Obama or First Lady Michelle Obama were there.

 
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