US detains man charged with threatening to kill Biden

A Kansas man was charged with threatening to assassinate US President Joe Biden - after he told federal agents God ordered him to go to Washington DC to “lop off the head of the serpent in the heart of the nation,” court documents allege, Report informs referring to the New York Post.

Scott Merryman drove from his hometown of Independence, Kansas, to Hagerstown, Maryland, on January 26, where he was intercepted by Secret Service agents in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel, according to a criminal complaint filed January 28.

Merryman, a construction contractor, allegedly told agents that he was heading to the White House to tell Biden that people were “fed up with the divisiveness in the country and to turn back to God or go to hell.”

He also said he intended to “cut the head off the snake in the heart of the nation,” but denied the comment was a threat to the president, according to the complaint, first obtained by The Daily Beast.

Officials said Merryman made “numerous comments about God, being guided by God, cloaked in the ‘blood of the lamb,’ and armored by God,” the filing states.

Police in Kansas first notified the Secret Service that Merryman had called them to say he was heading to DC to “see the president.”