Person convicted in Bessent assassination attempt gets more than 6 years in prison
Riley English pleaded guilty and was sentenced after bringing homemade firebombs and a knife to the Capitol in a planned political assassination.
- U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced Riley Jane English of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, to 73 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
- English traveled to the U.S. Capitol on January 27, 2025—the day of Scott Bessent’s Senate confirmation—carrying a knife and two improvised, non-functional Molotov cocktails before turning herself in to Capitol Police.
- Prosecutors requested a 10-year prison sentence, but Judge Contreras handed down a lighter term, noting that English turned herself in, caused no physical harm, and had a plan with an "exceedingly low" chance of success.
- U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro praised the conviction, stating that attempts to harm public officials strike at the heart of the democratic process and will not be tolerated.
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26-year-old man sentenced to 73 months in prison for attempted murder of Scott Bessant26-year-old Ryan Michael English was sentenced to 73 months in prison for attempting to kill Scott Bessant in January 2025. He pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a weapon and attempting to bring it into the Capitol.
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The spokesman-ReviewWoman who planned to kill Treasury Secretary Bessent gets six years in prison
Riley English of Massachusetts turned herself in after arriving at the Capitol with miniature molotov cocktails just before Scott Bessent’s Senate confirmation.
South Deerfield woman accused of plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sentenced to 6 years in prison
Riley English said she was in the grips of a mental health crisis and abusing drugs when she drove to Washington in January 2025 and told Capitol police that she was there to kill Bessent on the day of his Senate confirmation. The post South Deerfield woman accused of plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sentenced to 6 years in prison appeared first on Boston.com.
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