The U.S. Attorney’s office is recommending a nearly two year sentence for the man who jumped the White House fence and entered the mansion last September while wielding a knife.
In a memo filed in U.S. District Court on Monday, prosecutors said U.S. Army veteran Omar Gonzalez, 43, of Texas should serve 21 months in prison for his actions, citing Gonzalez “needlessly endangered White House occupants, Secret Service officers and civilians in the vicinity.”
The memo included photos of the knife Gonzalez had when he entered the White House, as well as of the weapons found during a search of his vehicle including ammunition, a machete, several tomahawks designed for throwing and multiple knives.
Gonzalez has a history of mental illness including post traumatic stress disorder and told Secret Service agents he was attempting to tell the President the atmosphere was collapsing.
The sentencing was originally set for June 8, but has been delayed.