Posted on 07/17/2026 3:27:48 AM PDT by Apparatchik
WASHINGTON (VINnews) – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent disclosed publicly for the first time Thursday that he was the target of an alleged assassination plot just hours after being sworn into office.
Speaking at a State Department ministerial on political terrorism, Bessent said he was the subject of an alleged assassination attempt “two hours after being sworn into my job,” adding that the case demonstrates that politically motivated violence remains a real threat.
Federal prosecutors have charged Ryan Michael English, 24, of Massachusetts, in connection with the alleged plot. According to the Justice Department, English traveled to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 27, 2025, carrying a folding knife and two improvised Molotov cocktails with the intention of killing a Cabinet nominee whose Senate confirmation vote was scheduled that day.
English later pleaded guilty to federal charges, including unlawful receipt, possession and transfer of a firearm and carrying a dangerous weapon or incendiary device on U.S. Capitol grounds. He is scheduled to be sentenced in August.
Bessent made the remarks while defending the Trump administration’s efforts to combat politically motivated violence and expand investigations into financial networks that officials say support violent extremist groups.
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As with all this ‘stuff’ - my concern is rather than straight-forward prosecution of all parties organizing this activity (RICO) the smarter minds will try to reshape legal frameworks creating new laws that can be manipulated by whomever is in charge.
The Left is PURE EVIL!!
Makes you wonder what motivated a 24 year old to do something like this? Whole life ahead and he picks this?
Demonic forces are increasingly emboldened by Left’s attacks on law and order.
The dims are using mafia tactics to get back in power.
I would bet that there are a whole lot more of Trump’s people who have had death threats and have been swatted.
That is who the left is today.
Like the assassin in Butler PA.
“Makes you wonder what motivated a 24 year old to do something like this? Whole life ahead and he picks this?”
Young people are often desperate to contribute something, to have some greater purpose for their lives. Society has removed patriotism as juvenile and out of fashion. Religion has been destroyed, unless he’s a Muslim. Men especially want to be a part of something larger than themselves from which they can draw satisfaction and belonging. When the traditional things, patriotism and religion are locked away from them, this desire to accomplish becomes free floating and will attach itself to whatever whim floats by. Gay marriage, Antifa, becoming a woman, or making a political statement that will make him popular or get clicks on his page all become solid possible moves.
Assassination - If its not the IRGC it doesn’t count.
We are in the midst of a marxist revolution that is growing by the day.
Is it alleged, sounds like he’s convicted and will be sentenced in in August?
Just observe the Leftist media’s incitement to violence which is rampant in blue areas. It’s a 24/7 drumbeat which never ends. It is intended to drive many ppl mad and in fact does.
120 years ago slander and public incitement were felonies. Ppl were imprisoned. Now they get a press conference or even their own show.
There’s an under-reported story.
Probably an Antifa type, or Antifa-adjacent.
Hope he goes down for about 25 years.
So, if I read the excerpt correctly, a Molotov cocktail is now classified as a firearm??
The CCP must own all the MSM. How else could this be?
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