A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into barriers protecting the White House has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

Authorities say Sai Kandula drove to the White House in a rented truck, which only stored a Nazi flag, in a quixotic attempt to overthrow the government.

A United States court has sentenced 20-year-old Indian national Sai Varshith Kandula to eight years in prison for attempting an attack on the White House on May 22, 2023.

Indian American Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for attempting to attack the White House with a rented truck on May 22, 2023. The United States Department of Just

The attack aimed to overthrow the democratically elected American government in order to replace it with a dictatorship fuelled by Nazi ideology, the Department of Justice said.

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The man who crashed a rented truck into barriers protecting the White House in an attempt to overthrow the U.S. government and replace it with a Nazi dictatorship has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

Indian national Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, on Thursday was sentenced to eight years for an attempted attack on the White House with a rented truck on May 22, 2023.

Indian national Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, on Thursday was sentenced to eight years for an attempted attack on the White House with a rented truck on May 22, 2023.

Indian national sentenced to 8 years for attempted White House attack fuelled by Nazi ideology, aiming to overthrow US government.

Washington: Indian national Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, on Thursday was sentenced to eight years for an attempted attack on the White House with a rented truck on May 22, 2023.The attack aimed

According to the plea agreement, at the time Sai Varshith Kandula crashed the truck into the White House perimeter, he was attempting to gain access to the White House to seize political power