Associated Press/Dana Verkouteren, File - FILE - This Nov. 21, 2011 file
artist rendering shows accused White House shooter Oscar Ramiro
Ortega-Hernandez, center, before Magistrate Judge Alan Kay, left, in
Washington. From left are, U.S. Assistant Attorney George P. Varghese, a
public defender David Bos, Ortega-Hernandez, and Judge Kay. A new court
document says that an Idaho man charged with attempting to assassinate
President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House practiced with his
weapon for six months and may have been upset about the country's
marijuana policy. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez is currently awaiting
trial for the 2011 shooting, which didn't injure anyone but left more
than five bullet marks on the executive mansion. A court document
prosecutors filed Tuesday adds additional detail about the shooting,
which took place while the president and first lady were away from home.
(AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren, File) Yahoo News
An Idaho man charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House practiced with his weapon for six months and may have been upset about the country's marijuana policy, prosecutors said in a newly filed court document.
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez is currently awaiting trial for the 2011 shooting, which didn't injure anyone but left more than five bullet marks on the executive mansion. Prosecutors filed a 14-page court document Tuesday that adds additional detail about Ortega-Hernandez, who allegedly shot at the White House the night of Nov. 11 while the president and first lady were away.
Ortega-Hernandez, 22, has pleaded not guilty to the attempted assassination charge and to other charges.
In the document, prosecutors said Ortega-Hernandez "expressed anger towards the government regarding the continued criminalization of marijuana," which they said he acknowledged smoking and claimed makes people more intelligent.
