After his arrest, Sai Varshith Kandula reportedly told the police that his intention was to drive ‘get to the White house, seize power, and be put in charge of the nation’. Sai Varshith Kandula told the court that he was not a US citizen and that he was born in India. Sai Varshith Kandula told the court that he was not a US citizen and that he was born in India.