Woman who planned to kill Treasury Secretary Bessent gets six years in prison

Riley English of Massachusetts turned herself in after entering the Capitol with two miniature molotov cocktails just before Scott Bessent’s Senate confirmation.

By Salvador Rizzo

US woman sentenced to six years in prison over plot to kill treasury secretary

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 t...

By Associated Press

Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison

Riley Jane English admitted to traveling armed with a knife and Molotov cocktails to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during his confirmation.

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’

By Michael Kunzelman

US Trans Woman Jailed For 6 Years Over Plot To Kill Trump's Treasury Chief

Riley English, a 26-year-old transgender woman, was sentenced to six years in jail on Tuesday for plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.