NEWARK, N.J. AP – An airport security guard who was overheard saying he had “cut a hole in a fence to be able to shoot” Barack Obama pleaded not guilty Thursday to making terroristic threats against the president.

John Brek appeared via video feed from the Essex County Jail, where he has been held since his arrest Tuesday night. Clad in an orange prison jumpsuit, the 55-year-old Brek didn’t speak during the hearing but had his plea entered by his attorney, Moses Rambarran.