An Idaho man plead guilty to discharging a firearm during a crime and jeopardizing lives in federal court in Washington on Wednesday, Bloomberg Businessweek reported.
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 22, faces up to 27 1/2 years in prison for trying to assassinate President Barack Obama, according to guidelines established by the prosecutors and defense.
He will be sentenced on Jan. 10 of next year.
Almost two years ago, Ortega-Hernandez drove his car down Constitution Avenue on Nov. 11, 2011 and shot at the White House from his passenger window, federal prosectuors say.
The prosecution said in court documents that his attack "was the culmination of several months during which the defendant fulminated against the president, whom he perceived to be the Antichrist, made threats against him and prepared to take violent action against him."
Ortega-Hernandez used a Romanian Cugir AK-47, according to statements made in court today. The Federal Bureau of Investigation discovered bullet marks on the south side in the White House -- the area of the family's first living quarters -- and linked the leftover bullets to his gun.
U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer said the president and first lady were not in the White House at the time of the shooting but two unspecified members of the first family were.
In April, prosecutors said Ortega-Hernandez "expressed anger towards the government regarding the continued criminalization of marijuana."
However, just 18 months later, the Obama administration announced it would not challenge laws in Colorado and Washington that allow the recreational use of marijuana, demonstrating a more tolerant stance on the drug.
Following his arrest on Nov. 16, 2011, Ortega-Hernandez was sent to prison and has been in federal custody in Indiana, Pennsylvania ever since.
