Cody Balmer told police he had planned to attack Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro with a sledgehammer at the governor’s mansion.

A United States man who scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and used beer bottles filled with petrol to ignite the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and other charges.

On Tuesday, Cody Balmer, 38, also entered pleas for “terrorism”, 22 counts of arson, aggravated arson, burglary, aggrav

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