{"id":2397230,"date":"2025-01-30T21:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T02:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-trans-would-be-mass-killer-caught-targeting-trump-cabinet-heritage-foundation-was-already-in-dc\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T21:02:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T02:02:32","slug":"another-trans-would-be-mass-killer-caught-targeting-trump-cabinet-heritage-foundation-was-already-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-trans-would-be-mass-killer-caught-targeting-trump-cabinet-heritage-foundation-was-already-in-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Trans, Would-Be Mass Killer Caught Targeting Trump Cabinet, Heritage Foundation &#8211; Was Already in DC"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fanother-trans-would-be-mass-killer-caught-targeting-trump-cabinet-heritage-foundation-was-already-in-dc%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=2397230&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 24-year-old man named Ryan Michael English, who \u200bidentifies as a woman and\u200c uses the\u200b name Riley Jane, has been arrested for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-linked-activist-found-inside-capitol-during-protest\/\" title=\"BLM-linked activist found inside Capitol during protest\">making threats<\/a> against top\u200b Republicans. Arrested in Washington, D.C., \u200cEnglish was reported \u200dto have knives and \u2063ingredients for making Molotov cocktails and expressed intentions to kill Treasury Secretary Scott bessent.An affidavit revealed\u200c that English had also considered attacking\u2063 a conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation. Upon his arrest, \u200dEnglish asked to surrender and mentioned\u2063 feeling remorse in a note found in his possession, referencing societal \u2062pressures and expressing \u200cconcern \u2064for a loved one. English now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-dead-several-injured-after-car-strikes-crowd-in-texas\/\" title=\"1 dead, several injured after car strikes crowd in Texas\">faces multiple charges<\/a>, including unlawful possession of a firearm \u200cand carrying explosives\u2063 on Capitol \u2064grounds.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>A man who identifies as a woman has been arrested after asserting he wanted to kill top Republicans and telling police he had knives and the makings of Molotov cocktails.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Michael English, 24, of Massachusetts was arrested Monday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/us\/us-capitol-molotov-cocktails-bessent-hegseth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although initial reporting identified English as a man, a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/crime\/man-with-molotov-cocktail-threatened-to-kill-cabinet-members-capitol-police-say-ryan-michael-english-bessent-hegseth\/65-f67e6012-16a9-4779-8d8b-300388cd5f7a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WUSA-TV<\/a> noted that &ldquo;English&rsquo;s attorney clarified in a memo Wednesday that her client uses the name Riley Jane,&rdquo; which led to some documents referring to him as female.<\/p>\n<p>English was taken into custody after telling a Capitol Police officer he wanted to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to an affidavit filed with U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia by a Capitol Police special agent, the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>English, who faces charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and carrying a dangerous explosive on the grounds of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-armed-man-arrested-capitol-planned-kill-nazis-hegseth-mike-johnson-scott-bessent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capitol,<\/a> had knives, a lighter, rags, and vodka bottles in his pockets, the affidavit said.<\/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>&ldquo;English&rsquo;s thoughts were to use the 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; the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p>English had considered stabbing Bessent if he could, the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Trantifa militant radicalized by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reddit?\">@Reddit<\/a> named Ryan Michael &ldquo;Riley Jane&rdquo; English has been federally charged for allegedly trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">kill members<\/a> of Trump cabinet and\/or burn down a conservative think tank.<\/p>\n<p>From Massachusetts, English traveled to the capital on Jan. 27 and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X2cLXqbaxN\">pic.twitter.com\/X2cLXqbaxN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1884990540850078153?\">January 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The affidavit, portions of which were <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1884990540850078153\/photo\/2\">posted on social media platform X<\/a>, indicated that English also considered an attack on the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.<\/p>\n<p>The affidavit indicated that English thought of Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/demotion-mark-milley-hegseth-rips-away-credentials-security-last-pic-pentagon-may-take-1-star-official-demotion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> as a &ldquo;Nazi,&rdquo; and hoped to kill him or House Speaker Mike Johnson, or perhaps both. On his trip from Massachusetts to Washington, the affidavit said, English spotted some Reddit posts about Bessent and changed targets.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, however, English surrendered.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to turn myself in,&rdquo; English told a Capitol Police officer, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14335539\/Massachusetts-man-Molotov-cocktail-wanted-kill-Pete-Hegseth-Speaker-Mike-Johnson-Capitol.html\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police said a receipt in English&rsquo;s pockets had a letter on the back.<\/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,&rdquo; he wrote, adding, &ldquo;This is terrible but I cant do nothing while nazis kill my sisters. I love you. This is awful. Im so sorry. I love u. Please stay alive and heal. you can. you are strong enough.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The note included a reference to an unknown &ldquo;them&rdquo; English said were &ldquo;pushing us so far.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail report said English would have needed to kill three Capitol Police offers to reach Bessent.<\/p>\n<p>English &ldquo;expressed acceptance and content with the possibility of suicide by cop,&rdquo; the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes days after reports that a 22-year-old Wisconsin woman involved in a 2014 murder now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/another-one-occultist-attempted-murderer-comes-trans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims<\/a> she is a man.<\/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 English, 24, from Massachusetts, was taken into custody on Monday, as reported by The New York Times. While early reports referred to English as male, WUSA-TV later noted that &#8220;English&#8217;s attorney clarified in a memo Wednesday that her client uses the name Riley Jane,&#8221; leading some documents to refer to him using female pronouns. English was apprehended after allegedly telling a Capitol Police officer he wanted to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. An affidavit revealed that he had knives, a lighter, rags, and vodka bottles in his possession<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397231,"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\/Capitol-w-fencing.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36848,49534,39031,7037,39368],"class_list":["post-2397230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-heritage-foundation","tag-mass-killer","tag-security-threats","tag-trans","tag-trump-cabinet"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capitol-w-fencing.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397230","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=2397230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397234,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397230\/revisions\/2397234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}