{"id":2396335,"date":"2025-01-28T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T02:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-armed-man-arrested-at-capitol-planned-to-kill-nazis-hegseth-mike-johnson-scott-bessent\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T21:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T02:22:52","slug":"alert-armed-man-arrested-at-capitol-planned-to-kill-nazis-hegseth-mike-johnson-scott-bessent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-armed-man-arrested-at-capitol-planned-to-kill-nazis-hegseth-mike-johnson-scott-bessent\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert: Armed Man Arrested at Capitol, Planned to Kill &#8216;Nazis&#8217; Hegseth, Mike Johnson, Scott Bessent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falert-armed-man-arrested-at-capitol-planned-to-kill-nazis-hegseth-mike-johnson-scott-bessent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2396335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A man\u200b named Ryan\u200c michael &#8220;Reily&#8221; English was arrested at the \u200dU.S. \u200bCapitol for\u2062 possessing a knife and Molotov cocktails, \u2064with intentions to kill Treasury Secretary scott Bessent. English \u2063traveled from Massachusetts to D.C. \u2064with plans\u200c to target conservative\u2064 figures, \u2062initially aiming to attack Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or\u200c House\u200d speaker Mike \u200cJohnson. However,after seeing posts about Bessent&#8217;s confirmation hearings,he switched his target. English allegedly \u200bplanned\u2062 to use homemade incendiary\u200b devices\u2062 to attack\u200c Bessent and intended to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-dystopian-things-bidens-disinformation-board-pick-nina-jankowicz-has-done\/\" title=\"6 Dystopian Things Biden\u2019s \u2018Disinformation Board\u2019 Pick Nina Jankowicz Has Done\">kill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won&#039;t Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officers<\/a><\/a>\u2063 to gain access to him. He approached\u200b a Capitol Police officer \u200dto turn\u2064 himself\u200d in, revealing \u200bhis\u200c weapons. Subsequently, he was charged with firearm and \u2064explosive-related offenses. During the police search, a note to his sister expressing remorse was found in his pocket, suggesting a troubled mindset influenced by\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-fact-checkers-new-approach-to-suggest-hunter-biden-laptop-disinformation-ignoring-key-documents\/\" title=\"Washington Post Fact-Checker\u2019s New Approach to Suggest Hunter Biden Laptop Disinformation: Ignoring Key Documents\">heated political rhetoric<\/a>. The broader context raises concerns about the potential risks of dramatic political discourse in \u2064the media.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A man arrested at the United States Capitol Monday with a knife and Molotov cocktails admitted that he wanted to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Michael &ldquo;Reily&rdquo; English traveled from his home in Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., on Sunday with various plans to target conservative officials and organizations, according to a United States Capitol Police <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.276840\/gov.uscourts.dcd.276840.1.1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affidavit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The document said that English at first intended to kill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who he called a &ldquo;Nazi,&rdquo; or possibly House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect also allegedly wanted to burn down the headquarters of the Heritage Foundation, a prominent conservative think tank.<\/p>\n<p>The affidavit added that English saw Reddit posts on his way to the nation&rsquo;s capital that discussed the confirmation hearings for Bessent, allegedly prompting him to switch his target.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>English intended to use &ldquo;small bottles of vodka to start fires and later to wrap them in rags soaked in alcohol, light them and throw them at Bessent&rsquo;s feet,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.276840\/gov.uscourts.dcd.276840.1.1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affidavit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He wanted to then stab Bessent with a knife he had brought from Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>English also planned to kill at least three police officers to gain access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/treasury-nominee-scott-bessent-leaves-dem-senator-stammering-gave-office-read\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bessent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But English approached a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/officer-suspended-man-walks-us-capitol-building-gun-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capitol Polic<\/a>e officer Monday afternoon and said he wanted to turn himself in, admitting that he was in possession of knives and two &ldquo;Molotov cocktails.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bessent was confirmed to lead the Treasury Department roughly three hours later.<\/p>\n<p>English was meanwhile charged with unlawful receipt, possession, or transfer of a firearm, and carrying a firearm, explosive, or incendiary device on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/capitol-police-arrest-suspicious-man-danger-trump-meeting-senators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capitol<\/a> grounds, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/01\/28\/man-arrested-molotov-cocktail-trump-treasury-scott-bessent.html?__source=bar%7Ctwitter&amp;par=bar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Officers found a receipt in English&rsquo;s back pocket as they searched his person, per the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>The receipt had a note scrawled on the back addressed to his sister.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Judith dear god I am so sorry. You must understand I can feel myself dying slowly b\/c of my heart. This is terrible but I cant do nothing while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-reckless-elites-wishing-war-on-the-west-by-promoting-an-air-war-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Meet The Reckless Elites Wishing War On The West By Promoting An Air War In Ukraine\">nazis kill<\/a> my sisters. I love you,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is awful. Im so sorry. I love u. Please stay alive and heal. you can. you are strong enough,&rdquo; English continued. &ldquo;F*** them for pushing us so far. you dont deserve this. Im so sorry for lying and plotting and lying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While this incident is surely still being investigated, there are already hints that English had been immersed in politicized rhetoric before this arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The media has, of course, been accusing President Donald Trump and his senior officials of racism, bigotry, and even Nazism for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Look no further than Massachusetts Democratic Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hearing-room-erupts-laughter-pete-hegseth-turns-elizabeth-warrens-gotcha-question-around\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, a lawmaker from English&rsquo;s home state, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/letter_to_mrpetehegseth.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accusing<\/a> Hegseth of sympathizing with &ldquo;right-wing extremism&rdquo; because of his tattoos with historic Christian symbolism.<\/p>\n<p>Even more recently, the media has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-panelist-freaks-scott-jennings-tells-lawyer-nazi-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranting<\/a> for over a week about Elon Musk purportedly making a Nazi salute at a Trump rally on inauguration day, even though he was clearly gesturing from his heart out to the audience.<\/p>\n<p>As the nation learned after the assassination attempts against Trump, there is a tangible cost to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">needlessly heated political rhetoric directed<\/a> from the establishment media toward Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing that such media sources have no intention of dialing back their rhetoric, we can only expect the violence their false claims stir up to continue undeterred.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Ryan Michael &#8220;Reily&#8221; English traveled from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., with plans to attack conservative figures and groups, as stated in a Capitol Police affidavit. Initially, he aimed to kill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or House Speaker Mike Johnson but later shifted his focus after seeing Reddit posts about Bessent&#8217;s confirmation hearings. English planned to use vodka bottles for firebombs and stab Bessent with a knife he brought along. He also intended to kill police officers for access but ultimately approached an officer and confessed his intentions while in possession of weapons. Following his arrest, English faced charges related to firearm possession on Capitol grounds. A note found in his pocket expressed remorse towards his sister and reflected his extreme political views influenced by heated media rhetoric against conservatives over the years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2396336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bessent-Johnson-Hegseth-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8741,42667,4376,4172,49393],"class_list":["post-2396335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alert","tag-armed-man","tag-arrested","tag-capitol","tag-planned-attack"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bessent-Johnson-Hegseth-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396339,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396335\/revisions\/2396339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}