Man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama
JACKSON, TN
Twenty-one-year-old Daniel Cowart of Bells, Tenn., pleaded
guilty Monday to eight of 10 counts in an indictment accusing him
of conspiracy, threatening a presidential candidate and various
federal firearms violations. Under a plea agreement, he faces 12 to
18 years in prison, but a federal judge could choose a longer
sentence.
Co-defendant, 19-year-old Paul Schlesselman of Helena-West
Helena, Ark., pleaded guilty in January and will be sentenced April
15.
Authorities have described the two as skinheads who planned a
cross-country robbing and killing spree that would end with an
attack on Obama.
