By Sky News US Team
An Ohio man accused of plotting to attack the US Capitol called a television station and said he would have to gone to Washington and shot President Barack Obama in the head if he had not been arrested.
Cincinnati television station WXIX-TV said Christopher Lee Cornell called the station from his Kentucky jail, confessed to being a supporter of Islamic State (IS) and said he planned to kill government officials in retaliation for US airstrikes on the militant group.
The station broadcast part of the interview on Friday, not long after the 20-year-old's attorney argued unsuccessfully that it could violate Cornell's right to a fair trial.
When asked what he would have done had he not been arrested in January, Cornell said he would have taken one of his guns, "I would have put it to Obama's head, I would have pulled the trigger, then I would unleash more bullets on the Senate and House of Representative members, and I would have attacked the Israeli embassy and various other buildings."
Cornell, who repeatedly identified himself as Muslim, said "the continued American aggression against our people and the fact that America, specifically President Obama, wants to wage war against Islamic State" was the reason for his planned attack.
He said: "They might say I'm a terrorist, but you know we see American troops as terrorists as well, coming to our land, stealing our resources and killing our people, raping our women."
Cornell said support for IS is widespread in the US.
"We're here in Ohio, we're in every state," he said.
"We're more organised than you think."
The federal indictment against Cornell charges him with two counts that carry possible sentences of up to 20 years for each conviction.
They are attempted murder of government employees and officials and solicitation to commit a crime of violence.
Cornell, who grew up in the Cincinnati suburbs and lived with his parents, also faces a firearms-related charge.
He has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial.
Cornell was arrested outside a gun shop near his home in January after the FBI said he purchased two M-15 assault weapons and 600 rounds of ammunition.
In court documents, the FBI said Cornell planned to "wage jihad" by attacking the Capitol with pipe bombs and shooting government officials and employees.
Cornell's father said his son was coerced and misled by "a snitch" trying to better his own legal situation.
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