Massachusetts Man Gets 63 Months for Plot to Kill Bessent
- Ryan Michael English, a 26-year-old man from Massachusetts who uses the name Raleigh Jane, was sentenced to 63 months in prison for plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and attack the Heritage Foundation on January 27, 2025, the day of Bessent's confirmation vote.
- English pleaded guilty to unlawful receipt and possession of a firearm and carrying a dangerous weapon or incendiary device on Capitol grounds.
- English was armed with a folding knife and Molotov cocktails when he approached the U.S. Capitol intending to commit violence.
- U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced English to six years in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro condemned the attempt as an attack on democratic values.
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Massachusetts Man Gets 63 Months for Plot to Kill Bessent
A 25-year-old Massachusetts resident who traveled to Washington armed with a knife and Molotov cocktails, confessing to Capitol Police that "I was going to kill Scott Bessent," has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison. Riley Jane English, identified in federal records as Ryan Michael English, a biological male who identifies as a woman, pleaded guilty in March before U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras to two federal charge…
Bessent Assassin Got 63 Months Despite Plea for Mercy
Riley Jane English received a 63-month prison sentence Tuesday for plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to the court filing. Prosecutors sought 121 months, but the judge handed down six years and one month instead. English traveled from Massachusetts to Washington on January 27, 2025, carrying a knife and two homemade explosives. She...
Fury Erupts Over Sentence in Bessent Assassination Plot
A federal judge has handed down a sentence of 63 months in prison to Riley Jane English, a transgender individual also identified in records as Ryan Michael English, for crimes connected to an attempted assassination plot targeting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The relatively light term has triggered widespread criticism. English, 25, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and carrying a dangero…
Massachusetts man sentenced to six years for plot to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Photo: Alamy A federal judge sentenced a Massachusetts man to more than six years in prison Tuesday for weapons charges stemming from a 2025 plot to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced Ryan Michael English, 25, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, to six years and one month
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