WASHINGTON – An Idaho man charged with attempting to assassinate the president or his staff claims to be ‘the modern-day Jesus Christ’ and begs Oprah Winfrey to let him appear on her show in a video that has surfaced online.

Watch below as Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez makes his claims and requests in front of the camera. (Video courtesy of WJLA)

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