Washington (CNN) John Boehner's former bartender once made plans to slip poison into the House speaker's drink, or shoot him and drive away, authorities say.

Among the reasons driving the alleged assassination plot: Michael Hoyt heard voices that told him Boehner was evil. He thought the Ohio Republican was the devil. He blamed Boehner for the Ebola outbreak. And he thought the speaker was mean to him.

Asked about the threats Wednesday, Boehner turned away from television cameras and said: "Can't make this stuff up."

The 44-year-old Butler County, Ohio, man was indicted last week on charges that he planned to murder Boehner -- a plan that he made after being fired from the Wetherington Golf & Country Club in West Chester.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) said Wednesday that Boehner hadn't mentioned Hoyt's threats to his colleagues.

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