Prosecutors: US Capitol attack plotter kept trying to incite
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio man who plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol during President Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union address kept trying from behind bars to urge others to violence in support of the Islamic State group, federal authorities say.
The defense Wednesday filed a mental health report for Cornell under seal, and stated they plan to have psychologist Scott Bresler, who has met repeatedly with Cornell, testify at the sentencing hearing.
The FBI arrested Cornell on Jan. 14, 2015, in a gun shop parking lot in suburban Cincinnati, saying he had just bought two M-15 semi-automatic rifles and 600 rounds of ammunition.
A federal judge Wednesday sentenced another suburban Cincinnati man, Munir Abdulkader, 22, of West Chester Township, to 20 years in prison for an alleged plot involving a planned beheading of a military veteran followed by an attack on a police department in support of the Islamic State group.
Cornell pleaded guilty Aug. 1 to attempted murder of U.S. officials and employees, offering material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and to a firearms-related charge.