A Kansas man is facing charges after he allegedly threatened to harm President Biden, according to court documents.
Scott Ryan Merryman, first called a police department in Independence, Kansas on Tuesday and told officers that he was on his way to Washington, D.C. to see the president, a Secret Service agent said in an affidavit in support of aAgents located and interviewed Merryman on Wednesday in a parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Hagerstown, Maryland. Following a search, the man was found in possession of three rounds of ammunition and a spotting scope, but no weapons, the agent said.
Merryman then called the White House Switchboard on Thursday and made threats against Biden, saying he was “coming to the White House, and was going to cut off the head of the snake/anti-Christ,” the agent alleged. The Secret Service contacted Merryman after the White House operator informed the them of the call. During that conservation, Merryman allegedly said he was coming for"sleepy Joe" with"three bullets no guns."
Merryman has been charged in the U.S. District Court of Maryland with making threats against the President of the United States and interstate communication containing a threat to harm.The Secret Service also released screenshots of social media posts shared from Merryman’s Facebook page, published between Tuesday and Thursday, which contained “a series of increasingly threatening verbiage.”” and asked his followers to “watch my strategic moves for the coming days.
Officials have asked the court to issue an arrest warrant for Merryman, but it is unclear whether he has been detained. It's also unclear whether Merryman had legal representation.
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