Trans would-be assassin jailed over plot to kill US Treasury secretary

Ryan English surrendered outside the Capitol carrying a knife and two Molotov cocktails before the attack could be carried out A biological male who identifies as a woman was sentenced on Tuesday to six years and one month in prison after pleading guilty to plotting to kill US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.According to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Ryan Michael English, who goes by Raleigh Jane English, turned herself in to a police officer outside the Capitol building on January 27, 2025. Police searched English and found a folding knife, two Molotov cocktails and a lighter in his jacket pockets.English confessed to traveling to Washington, DC, to kill a Cabinet nominee whose Senate confirmation vote was scheduled for that day, or to burn down an unidentified think tank in the capital. Police found a note to a roommate in English’s pocket that said, “This is terrible but I cant do nothing while nazis kill my sisters… Im so sorry for lying and plotting and lying.”Judge Rudolph Contreras said English was concerned with “trans rights” and that “the plan was basically impossible to succeed, and she turned herself in before it came anywhere near fruition.”US...