Authorities say a man crashed a U-Haul truck and began waving around a Nazi flag in the culmination of a six-month plan to “seize power” from the government.
A view of a rented box truck that crashed into security barriers at Lafayette Park across from the White House, as the U.S. Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies investigate the incident, in Washington, U.S. May 23, 2023.
on Monday around 10 p.m., according to charging documents. He was quickly arrested by a U.S. Park Police officer who rushed to the scene of the crash and saw him take out the flag.Kandula later told Secret Service agents that he’d flown from St. Louis on a one-way ticket that night after months of planning. He wanted to “get to the White House, seize power, and be put in charge of the nation,” and he said he would “kill the president, if that’s what I have to do,” charges state.
A witness, Chris Zaboji, said the driver smashed into the barrier at least twice. Zaboji, a 25-year-old pilot who lives in Washington, was finishing a run close by Lafayette Square when he heard the loud crash of the U-Haul truck hitting the barrier. He said he took out his phone and captured the moment the truck struck the barrier again before he heard sirens approaching.“When the van backed up and rammed it again, I decided I wanted to get out of there,” he said.
shows a police officer at the scene picking up and inventorying several pieces of evidence from the truck, including a Nazi flag.Biden was briefed on the crash Tuesday morning by the Secret Service and Park Police, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. “He’s relieved that no one was injured last night,” she said.
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