Ohio man sentenced to 30 years for plot to attack U.S. Capitol

Published December 6, 2016 12:09am ET



A 22-year-old Cincinnati-area man was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday for attempting to kill government employees at the U.S. Capitol in January 2015, according to the Justice Department.

Christopher Lee Cornell of Green Township, Ohio, had planned and attempted to carry out an attack at the State of the Union address “in the name” of the Islamic State, prosecutors said.

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