美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-01-18

 It's like something out of a movie. A country club bartender threatens to poison the speaker of the House, but this indictment¹ is very real, charging Michael Robert Hoyt with threatening to murder John Boehner. The disturbed Hoyt telling the police he was Jesus Christ, even blaming Boehner for Ebola. Can't make this stuff up.

 

That was Boehner's response when CNN asked about the threat which he has known about since it happened last Fall. Boehner and his wife, Debbie, knew bartender Mike as he was called for years. He even had Debbie Bohner's email address and sent her this chilling note after he was fired from their Westchester Ohio country club. 

 

Writing "if I had any intention of hurting Mr. Boehner, I could have poison his wine at Wetherington many, many times." What is this about, Debbie Boehner responded? Hoyt's rambling² answer in part. "Mrs. Boehner, I was fired. I could not email Mr. Boehner directly because of the zip code block on his email. "

 

The next day, he plays an unintelligible³ call to 911.

 

Yes, this is uh, Mike. Uh, I mess up.

 

When police went to his home, Hoyt said he had heard the devil's voice telling him John Beohner was evil and he planded to shoot Boehner with with an automatic weapon.

 

It's a sad situation. I think this individual needs a great deal of help. The speaker also needs to be protected.

 

Since 911, security at the capital is stiff. This armored vehicle known as Bearcat sits outside， but when most lawmakers are home, they are on their own. A fact on deadly display four years ago, when an assassin tried to kill then Congresswoman, Gabby Giffords. But capital police do protect congressional leaders and the House Speaker-second in line to the presidency⁴, has more protection than any other. He does not make a move inside the capital or out without security detail, but nothing is absolute.

 

There may be security at a table next to them, but they are a patron like any other customer.

 

Doug Hyde was top aide to the former House leader, Eric Cantor, when a bullet hole was founded in his Virginia office.

 

How common is this kind of thing?

 

Unfortunately, it's more common than anybody would expect. They all get angry letters everyday from Republicans, from Democrats⁵, from independents. But every once in a while, somebody steps over the line, says something they shouldn't do, makes an over threat and every time the capital police investigates it.

1 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

2 rambling   

adj.[建]凌乱的，杂乱的

参考例句：

• We spent the summer rambling in Ireland. 我们花了一个夏天漫游爱尔兰。
• It was easy to get lost in the rambling house. 在布局凌乱的大房子里容易迷路。

3 unintelligible   

adj.无法了解的，难解的，莫明其妙的

参考例句：

• If a computer is given unintelligible data, it returns unintelligible results.如果计算机得到的是难以理解的数据，它给出的也将是难以理解的结果。
• The terms were unintelligible to ordinary folk.这些术语一般人是不懂的。

4 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

5 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》