Man arrested with Molotov cocktails aimed to kill Treasury secretary at Capitol, police say
Man arrested with Molotov cocktails aimed to kill Treasury secretary at Capitol, police say
The nomination of Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary by President Donald Trump was confirmed Monday by the Senate.
Summary
Ryan Michael "Reily" English was arrested at the U.S. Capitol with Molotov cocktails and a knife, allegedly planning to kill newly confirmed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Initially targeting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or House Speaker Mike Johnson, English changed plans after learning about Bessent's Senate vote.
He told police he was prepared to kill officers to reach his target and contemplated suicide by cop.
English also considered attacking the Heritage Foundation.
He faces multiple federal charges, including possession of explosives on Capitol grounds.
He was prepared to kill officers yet turned himself in to the first officer he came across?
Terrorists these days... They just don't make them like they used to.
Molotov cocktails are an odd choice of weapon for a targeted assassination.
There were two of them, in airplane bottles. This was not a credible threat.
I was going to say, he picked one of the clumsiest and most awkward weapons he could have chosen for the task at hand, as well as a weapon that would be most likely also injure him, and not actually kill the target. Like seriously that was the best you can do? Get creative you pussy. Or not, I mean shit, a chunk of sodium, some water, and a large and small glass bottle and some nails.
...finding two devices constructed of 50-milliliter vodka bottles with gray cloth affixed
Why the heck did he turn himself in before he even did anything?
He could have just as easily not done anything and gone home. None of what he did makes any sense.
That's assuming any of it even actually happened and this isn't some sort of attempt to bolster sympathy support...
Maybe he realized he was not mentally well?
I mean he probably isn't, but the cops sure ain't going to help with that
I bet Hegseth's lunch contained more explosives than this guy was carrying
Boom.
Just leaving this for no reason https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire
Sure he said he was going to do those things and had weapons, but for all we know, he could be a “fine person, a great man” there to “peacefully protest” like those that got pardoned for Jan 6th. 😒
50 Milliliter?
What did he plan to kill? Ants?Sounds like trump shenanigans to enable new dystopian shit
WHAT TIMELINE IS THIS?
