Massachusetts Suspect Charged In Alleged Attempt To Assassinate Cabinet Member Nominee
OAN Staff Abril Elfi
11:07 AM – Saturday, May 10, 2025
A Massachusetts suspect has been charged after being accused of attempting to assassinate a cabinet nominee.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Ryan Michael English, 24, was arrested in January after allegedly attempting to bring a knife and two improvised Molotov cocktails into the Capitol in an attempt assassinate then-Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent during his nomination.
English was charged on Thursday with attempting to assassinate a cabinet member nominee and possessing a dangerous weapon on Capitol premises.
Prosecutors alleged that English had originally planned to kill House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and was inspired by United HealthCare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione.
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