WASHINGTON (AP) A man charged with trying to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting an assault rifle at the White House will accept a plea deal.
Court records show a Wednesday plea agreement hearing has been scheduled for Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez. One of Ortega-Hernandez's lawyers, Robert Feitel, also confirmed Monday that he anticipated the case would be resolved by a plea.
Ortega-Hernandez was scheduled to be tried this month for the 2011 shooting. It didn't injure anyone but left more than five bullet marks on the executive mansion.
Prosecutors say Ortega-Hernandez told acquaintances before the shooting that Obama was the Antichrist and "the devil" and that he needed to kill him.
