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President Joe Biden speaks about the government’s COVID-19 response, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Merryman reportedly denied that the serpent was the President of the United States, but said he had information about the Book of Revelation that he was being instructed by God to give to the President, according to FOX 5 DC.
The suspect was driving from Kansas to us-regions before being intercepted by the Secret Service in a Cracker Barrel parking lot on Jan. 26.
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When specifically questioned about why he was heading to the White House, Merryman allegedly said that people were “fed up with the divisiveness in the country and to turn back to God or go to hell.”
“He also made numerous comments about God, being guided by God, cloaked in the ‘blood of the lamb,’ and armored by God,” FOX 5 DC reports.
U.S. President Joe Biden salutes as he steps from Marine One upon his return to the White House in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2021.
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Special agents found a loaded magazine on Merryman and a spotting scope in his backpack. He said God told him to take the ammunition, but that he no longer possessed the Ruger SR1911 to fire the .45 ammunition.
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Merryman supposedly posted a series of posts threatening the president on his Facebook page from Jan. 25 through Jan. 27.
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He is in the Washington County Detention Center in Hagerstown, Maryland, awaiting a court appearance set for Monday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
