(VOVworld) - A US court on Monday handed down a 30-year jail sentence to an American man who had planned to bomb the Capitol in Washington during President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address in early 2015.

Christopher Lee Cornell's mugshot from the Butler County Jail in Ohio (Photo: AP)

Christopher Lee Cornell, 22, was punished for inflicting pain on the spirit of the entire country and terrorizing its leadership. The court also ordered lifetime probation after prison for Cornell.

The Justice Department said at the August trial that Cornell had admitted his terror plan to detonate explosives and shoot government officials. He had acquired ammunition and researched how to make bombs. Cornell was arrested in January last year and admitted to providing support for Islamic State.