Prosecutors ask judge to restrict phone access for Ohio man accused of US Capitol terror plot
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE-This Wednesday Jan. 14, 2015 file photo made available by the Butler County Jail shows Christopher Lee Cornell. A judge says an interview with Cornell, an Ohio man accused of plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol can be broadcast by a Cincinnati TV station. Cornell is charged with attempted murder of U.S. officials and other counts. WXIX-TV interviewed him by telephone Thursday from the Kentucky jail where he awaits trial in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Butler County Jail, File) (The Associated Press)
Federal prosecutors want a judge to restrict phone access for a jailed Ohio man accused of plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol and shoot President Barack Obama in support of Islamic militants.
Prosecutors filed a motion Tuesday in the case of Christopher Lee Cornell.
The 20-year-old suburban Cincinnati man made a surprise call from jail last week to Cincinnati's WXIX-TV. He was recorded saying if he hadn't been arrested he would have gone to Washington and shot Obama and carried out other violence.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cornell has pleaded not guilty. His attorney tried unsuccessfully to block airing of the phone interview.
Prosecutors say allowing easy phone access to a self-proclaimed supporter of Islamic State militants could cause security issues.
There has been no response from the U.S. district judge or Cornell's attorneys.