A Missouri man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for crashing a rental truck into barriers protecting the White House in an attack inspired by his fascination with Nazi ideology. The incident occurred on May 22, 2023, when the man, then 19 years old, drove a U-Haul box truck onto a sidewalk near Lafayette Square, north of the White House. Fortunately, no one was injured in the crash.
Prosecutors revealed that the man, identified as Kandula, expressed a desire to 'attack and destroy' the U.S. government, with intentions to establish a Nazi-style dictatorship. Following the crash, he retrieved a Nazi flag from his backpack.
