A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into barriers protecting the White House was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for an attack that prosecutors said was inspired by his fascination with Nazi ideology,

The Nazi obsessive who crashed a U-Haul into a White House security barrier as part of a demented plot to “attack and destroy” the government has been sentenced to eight years in prison, court papers show.

A Missouri man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for intentionally driving a U-Haul truck into barriers near the White House as part of an attack aimed at overthrowing the U.S.

Authorities say Sai Kandula drove to the White House in a rented truck, which only stored a Nazi flag, in a quixotic attempt to overthrow the government.

The man who crashed a rented truck into barriers protecting the White House in an attempt to overthrow the U.S. government and replace it with a Nazi dictatorship has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

The Missouri man's intention was to overthrow the government and replace it with a "Nazi style dictatorship", officials say.