Man Who Identifies as a Transgender Woman Sentenced to More Than Six Years for Plotting to Kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Ryan Michael English was sentenced today for his attempt to assassinate Secretary Scott Bessent.

Political violence will not be tolerated.

If you come to our nation’s capital intending to harm a public official because of political dissent, we will find you, arrest you,… pic.twitter.com/2cKMRn8Fdo

— US Attorney Pirro (@USAttyPirro) August 18, 2026

… prosecute you, and send you to prison.

NEW: Yet again, a man identifying as a trans woman traveled across the USA to kill conservatives.

Ryan Michael English set out with a plan to kill Mike Johnson or Pete Hegseth, or blow up the Heritage Foundation.

He settled on Scott Bessent. https://t.co/S7BmVInNSX

— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) August 18, 2026

… kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, yet another example of a trans-identifying individual who plotted politically motivated violence.Twenty-five-year-old Ryan Michael English (who goes by Reily or Raleigh Jane English) of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in March to weapons charges stemming from a plot to assassinate Bessent.