Report: Boehner's Bartender Planned to Poison Him
COSTELLO: A bizarre plot to kill House Speaker John Boehner and it involves his former bartender. Authorities say this man, 44-year-old Michael Hoyt, who worked at a country club where Boehner was a member wanted to kill the Ohio Republican for several reasons, including his belief that the Ohio Republican was responsible for the Ebola outbreak. But the story doesn't end there. Zach Wolf is managing editor for CNN Digital Politics. He joins me now from Washington with more. Good morning, Zach.</s>ZACH WOLF, CNN MANAGING EDITOR, DIGITAL POLITICS: Good morning, Carol.</s>COSTELLO: So, tell me more about this plot and how police discovered it.</s>WOLF: Well, it's really kind of amazing. They discovered it because the man, Michael Hoyt, this 44-year-old bartender had worked for the country club where John Boehner goes in Ohio. He called 911 essentially on himself and said he was thinking about doing this and that he had a loaded gun and, of course, the local police went to his house and found the gun and took it away from him. He told them that he thought John Boehner was responsible for the Ebola and out to get him. It got even a little stranger from there. It turned out this guy had been e-mailing with Boehner's wife asking for a meeting with the House speaker to talk about Ebola and other things. He's currently in a mental hospital. All of this happened back in October but the federal authorities indicted him just last week on threatening a federal official.</s>COSTELLO: And this bartender has known John Boehner for a lengthy period of time, right?</s>WOLF: That's right. Like five years he was the bartender. And what apparently caused this frustration in the guy's life is he was fired from that country club where John Boehner goes. What's kind of interesting about this, you know, bars go at the whole -- John Boehner's whole identity. He talks about being raised in the bar. He's also a good golfer. He's one of the best golfers in Washington. So, a lot of stuff in John Boehner's life circling around this story.</s>COSTELLO: All right. Zach Wolf, many thanks to you. Check out the story at CNN.com/politics if you want to know more. Still to come in the</s>NEWSROOM: one week after the brutal attack, "Charlie Hebdo" is out with a new edition of the satirical magazine. But good luck trying to get your hands on it. We'll talk about that, next.