On Monday, a man who apparently claims to be a woman was arrested in Washington, D.C., after reportedly intending to murder Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.
Ryan Michael English, 24, who prefers to be called Riley Jane English according to his attorney, told officers of plans to come to Washington, D.C., and kill Bessent. English was arrested while transporting Molotov cocktails. According to WWLP, police said English intended to kill top Republicans in the Trump administration, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), but changed his “mission” to kill Bessent “after reading an internet post about a confirmation hearing.” Bessent is the highest ranking openly-gay official in the Trump administration.
“Police allege her intentions in Washington included burning down the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank,” WWLP…
