Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, pleaded guilty to damaging property belonging to the U.S. after crashing a U-Haul truck into a White House gate. Prosecutors say Kandula sought to overthrow the U.S. government and establish a Nazi-inspired dictatorship.
A Missouri man who drove a rented truck into a gate near the White House with the intent to overthrow the government was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday, according to prosecutors. Sai Varshith Kandula, a 20-year-old resident of St. Louis, pleaded guilty in May to one count of willful injury or depredation of property of the U.S. related to the May 22, 2023, incident. Prosecutors agreed to seek only an eight-year sentence. The U.S.
Attorney’s Office for Washington stated that his objective was “to overthrow the democratically elected government of the United States in order to replace it with a dictatorship fueled by Nazi ideology.” Kandula’s attorney described his actions in a sentencing memorandum as “less a 'plan' than an assemblage of delusional thoughts stitched together by a common thread.” After his arrest, Kandula was diagnosed with schizophrenia, the attorney wrote. Kandula, an Indian national who held a green card as a lawful permanent U.S. resident at the time, crashed a U-Haul truck into the gate at the intersection of H Street Northwest and 16th Street Northwest around 9:35 p.m., the prosecutor’s office reported. The truck became disabled, and Kandula emerged, retrieving a flag bearing a Nazi swastika from his backpack before being apprehended. No injuries were sustained during the incident. Prosecutors outlined in their own memorandum that Kandula narrowly missed two pedestrians, emphasizing that an eight-year sentence was justified due to the severity of his actions and for deterrent purposes. Kandula's attorney indicated in the sentencing memo that he is likely to be deported as a consequence of the conviction, and will return to India to live with his family
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