to requests for comment. However, in a motion to change his plea, one of them, Laura Wyrosdick, said that Spencer was incarcerated while awaiting trial and "eager to resolve his case." The trial was set for Aug. 3. Spencer had apologized to the Secret Service for writing the poem and said he never intended to assassinate the president. But [Magistrate Judge Dave] Whalin said that doesn't matter because the question is whether reasonable people to whom the message is addressed would construe it as an intention to harm the president.
from KSDK: Johnny Spencer pleads guilty to threatening Obama with poem
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