If it weren't true, he wouldn't have said it

This guy needs some smartening up, and maybe a better attorney.

Washington (AP) - It was supposed to be a short sentencing hearing - a mere formality - until a man who threatened to blow up his van near the White House said he might do it again.

Lowell Timmers of Cedar Springs, Michigan, was supposed to have been sentenced to 34 months in prison - just under three years - after pleading guilty to making a false explosive threat.

He was arrested back in January - two days before inauguration day after parking his van across from the White House and threatening to blow it up.

But when U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan asked him on Thursday if there was any chance he'd do it again, Timmers responded, "There's always a chance of anything, Your Honor."