Transgender Woman Sentenced In Bessent Assassination Attempt
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- nypost.comseen 20 Aug, 19:56headline rewritten
Transgender wannabe assassin sentenced to prison for Luigi Mangione-inspired plot to kill Scott BessentTransgender wannabe assassin sentenced to prison for Luigi Mangione-inspired plot to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
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Tue, 18 August 2026
10 reports- iheart.com16:57first to report
Ryan Michael English, a transgender woman, was sentenced to over six years for attempting to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. English traveled to Washington, D.C., with weapons and confessed to planning the attack. The Justice Department emphasized the need to protect officials fr...
- iheart.com16:57
Ryan Michael English, a transgender woman, was sentenced to over six years for attempting to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. English traveled to Washington, D.C., with weapons and confessed to planning the attack. The Justice Department emphasized the need to protect officials fr...
- iheart.com16:57
Ryan Michael English, a transgender woman, was sentenced to over six years for attempting to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. English traveled to Washington, D.C., with weapons and confessed to planning the attack. The Justice Department emphasized the need to protect officials fr...
- iheart.com16:57
Ryan Michael English, a transgender woman, was sentenced to over six years for attempting to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. English traveled to Washington, D.C., with weapons and confessed to planning the attack. The Justice Department emphasized the need to protect officials fr...
- iheart.com16:57
Ryan Michael English, a transgender woman, was sentenced to over six years for attempting to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. English traveled to Washington, D.C., with weapons and confessed to planning the attack. The Justice Department emphasized the need to protect officials fr...
- iheart.com16:57
Ryan Michael English, a transgender woman, was sentenced to over six years for attempting to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. English traveled to Washington, D.C., with weapons and confessed to planning the attack. The Justice Department emphasized the need to protect officials fr...
- nypost.com17:55edited after publishing
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Transgender wannabe assassin sentenced to prison for Luigi Mangione-inspired plot to kill Scott Bessent - The Hill19:25
The person arrested last year in connection with an attempted assassination plot against Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced. Ryan Michael English, a 24-year-old from South Deerfield, Mass., who goes by Raleigh Jane English, confessed the plot to U.S. Capitol Police outside the legislative...
- The Guardian World19:48
Riley English said she was in the grips of a mental health crisis and abusing drugs, and that she planned to kill Scott Bessent A Massachusetts woman who told police that she brought homemade firebombs to the US Capitol to kill Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, was sentenced on Tuesday to just over six years in prison. Riley English, a 26-year-old transgender woman, said she was in the grips of a mental health crisis and abusing drugs when she drove to Washington in January 2025 and...
- Anadolu Agency (AA)23:26
Ryan Michael English, 24, receives 73-month sentence after pleading guilty in May
Wed, 19 August 2026
1 report- gazettenet.com16:02
A South Deerfield woman was sentenced to six years and one month in prison for bringing homemade firebombs to the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.