WASHINGTON D.C. (WSAU) – New details are being made public surrounding the man accused of traveling to the nation’s capitol earlier this week to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Ryan English, 24, was carrying makeshift explosives and knives near the U.S. Capitol building on Monday, police charge in court papers.
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Ryan English from Massachusetts, armed with a folding knife and two Molotov cocktails, surrended and told a US Capitol police officer that he had been there to 'kill Scott Bessent,' who was just confirmed as Trump's treasury secretary.
Ryan “Reily” Michael English, 24, admitted to a plan to kill Trump cabinet members, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whom he called a “Nazi,” and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson,
A Massachusetts man is charged with carrying Molotov cocktails to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., federal prosecutors said in court documents.
Scott Bessent on Monday secured confirmation to lead the Department of the Treasury, putting President Trump’s top economic nominee in place ahead of a daunting GOP push to enact Trump’s
The U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man with Molotov cocktails and knives who was allegedly attempting to kill House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Trump’s two recently confirmed nominees,
Ryan Michael English, 24, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, told Capitol Police officers he would "like to turn himself in" on Monday, telling them he wanted to kill Scott Bessent, who was recently confirmed as the United States secretary of the treasury.
A woman who lived in South Deerfield was arrested on Monday in Washington, D.C. after police say he was threatening to kill some of Trump's cabinet members.
The man, identified as Ryan English, turned himself into Capitol Police on Monday and admitted to transporting knives and two Molotov cocktails.