A Mobile man has been ruled competent to stand trial for threatening to kill President Joe Biden in July 2022.

A forensic pathologist found that 38-year-old John Andrew Bazor was not afflicted with any mental disease or defect and is thus able to understand the nature of his actions and the consequences of the charges against him, according to federal court documents.

According to a federal affidavit, Bazor called the White House switchboard on the morning of July 10, 2022, and said “I am coming to assassinate the president. I can’t wait to see your faces when I put a bullet in him.”

The same day, U.S. Army Sergeant Samuel Kash notified the United States Secret Service’s Protective Intelligence Operations Center of the incident. The following day, Bazor’s phone number was subpoenaed, according to the affidavit.

An initial investigation found that Bazor left a series of rambling voicemail messages at the Secret Service’s Mobile Resident Office during the weekend of July 9. He also went to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s office in Mobile to file a complaint.

Federal investigators also learned that Bazor made several calls to the Secret Service office in Mobile before he called the White House. A witness told investigators they noticed an unidentified white male in the lobby of the office building on July 8, rambling about the Secret Service ruining his life.

A week after his calls, agents were able to find a potential address for him and went to visit on July 17. When they arrived, his mother came to the door.

According to the affidavit, Bazor’s mother told agents that he had never been diagnosed officially with a mental illness, but she tried on numerous occasions to get him committed.

In 2017, according to her, Bazor was involuntary committed to Mobile Infirmary but to her knowledge, never received a diagnosis.

Bazor also previously threatened to blow up a hotel in Mobile, according to the affidavit.

Bazor was arrested by federal agents a week after the threat against Biden, reportedly admitting to agents he both made the threat and wanted to carry it out.

Bazor’s criminal history dates back to at least 2008, according to jail records. He was free on bond awaiting trial for 3rd-degree domestic violence, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia when he was arrested for making the threat against the president.