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US Capitol Police arrested an unhinged man with knives and Molotov cocktails who allegedly intended to kill House Speaker Mike Johnson as well as Trump cabinet appointees Pete Hegseth and Scott Bessent.The man, identified in court documents as Ryan English, traveled from Massachusetts to Washington to carry out the fiendish plot, but wound up turning himself in to a Capitol Police officer by the building’s south door on Monday, the documents reveal.Officers found a folding knife as well as a pair of “destructive devices” in his jacket pockets....Upon searching English’s car, cops found a “750-milliliter bottle of Smirnoff 100-proof vodka and a grey sweatshirt with cloth cut from the sleeves,” which prosecutors noted was the same cloth he had allegedly attached to the completed incendiary devices.Prosecutors allege English copped to initially planning to kill only Johnson and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, “and/or” burn down the headquarters of conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation.However, while taking a pit stop in Chevy Chase, Maryland on his way to DC, he learned Scott Bessent was set to be confirmed as Treasury Secretary on Monday and altered his plan. ...
News outlets describe him as being from S. Deerfield, Mass., and/or Rhode Island. I wonder if he was a lone wolf crazy, or affiliated with any Antifa-like group.
I wonder how many more FBI/CIA sleepers there are waiting to be activated.
Jan 30, 2025 Scott Bessent's would-be assassin revealed to be trans woman on a 'mission' like 'Luigi Mangione'"In a memo Wednesday, English’s attorney clarified that her client uses the name Riley Jane."Libby Emmons, The Post MillennialThe Massachusetts man who was arrested on Monday at the US Capitol armed with Molotov cocktails and knives was transgender. Local news outlet WWLP reports the man, named in the affidavit as Ryan Michael "Reily" English, was known as Riley Jane English, a 24-year-old transgender person. WWLP states that English is "a woman who lived in South Deerfield." English had told officers he was intending to kill Scott Bessent.WWLP had initially reported on English by given name Ryan, but in their updated report they state that "This story previously identified the defendant as Ryan Michael English, the name used in charging documents. In a memo Wednesday, English’s attorney clarified that her client uses the name Riley Jane.""Judith dear god I am so sorry," read words scrawled on the back of a receipt found in English's pocket, per the affidavit. "You must understand I can feel myself dying slowly b/c of my heart. This is terrible but I cant do nothing while nazis kill my sisters. I love you. This is awful. Im so sorry. I love u. Please stay alive and heal. you can. you are strong enough. F*ck them for pushing us so far. you dont deserve this. Im so sorry for lying and plotting and lying. Please survive [7 hearts]."This intended violence follows an incident in Vermont where two persons, a man and woman, both of whom identified as trans, engaged in a shoot out which cost both the male and a Vermont Border Patrol officer their lives. The woman, who is non-binary, sustained injuries and is believed to have been the one to fire on the agent. ...