It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but it’s deadly serious. Michael Hoyt, a 44-year-old man who has been treated for mental illness in the past, was indicted Jan. 7 for threatening to murder the Ohio congressman. Hoyt told investigators he wanted to shoot the speaker and that he could have put something in his drink.
“Can’t make this stuff up,” Boehner said when asked about the case Wednesday morning.
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With Hoyt under arrest and facing criminal charges, the speaker’s office has said they will not comment on whether they plan to beef up Boehner’s security.
Enhanced protection or not, the Hoyt arrest adds one more chapter in Boehner’s collection of bar stories.
