Would-Be Bessent Assassin Gets 6 Years in Prison

A woman inspired by Luigi Mangione to try bombing Scott Bessent gets hit with 6 years in prison

Prosecutors sought more than 10 years for Riley English, who cited mental health struggles and fears about Trump-era policies toward trans people

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…

Trans radical reaps the whirlwind for failed Bessent assassination plot

While the transvestite is headed to prison, an Obama judge has let him off relatively lightly.

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

Woman accused of plotting to kill Scott Bessent with Molotov cocktail gets sentenced

‘You’ve had a very difficult life,’ the judge said. ‘Hopefully, the progress you’ve made in jail to this date has set you on the right path’