A Massachusetts suspect was charged this week I’m about to assassinate The U.S. Department of Justice said the Cabinet candidate.
Ryan Michael English, 24 years old Arrested in January He assassinated him for nominating then-candidate Scott Bescent, as he allegedly tried to bring a knife and two improvised Molotov cocktails to the US Capitol.
English was charged on Thursday with attempted assassination of a candidate for a Cabinet member and carrying dangerous weapons on the grounds of the Capitol.
English appeared in the first courthouse on Thursday afternoon.
The U.S. Department of Justice said a Massachusetts suspect was charged this week with attempting to assassinate a Cabinet candidate. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The prosecutors were originally house speakers Mike Johnson and R-La. ,and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses, Inspired by United Healthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione.
The UK walked to a police officer at the U.S. Capitol on January 27th, and was said to have stated, “I want to submit myself.”
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent is said to have been an English target. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
According to court documents, the English claimed he had two Molotov cocktails and two knives, and expressed that he was there “to kill Scott Bescent.” Federal prosecutors said the UK left their Massachusetts home and traveled to Washington with the intention of killing Hegses, who was called the “Nazis” and burning the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank near the White House.
Capitol police officers found a folding knife and two improvised baking device devices made from vodka bottles with grey cloth stuck on top of English jackets during their search.
Prosecutors said English was originally planning to kill House Speaker Mike Johnson, photographed. (Getty Images/AP)
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They found a green lighter in another pocket.
Danielle Wallace and Louis Casiano of Fox News contributed to this report.
