Two things I didn't know. One, there was an assassination plot (MORE LEFTWING VIOLENCE), and two, Bessent is gay.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2025/02/04/scott-bessent-suspect-n2651601
Charging documents allege that English "took significant steps to kill multiple members of the new presidential administration." On January 27, English traveled to the U.S. Capitol allegedly intending to kill "Nazi" Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth, take out the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, "and/or" burn down The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025. "These actions were specifically to 'depose' these political offices and send a message," according to the arrest affidavit.
"I was gonna hurt big players," English allegedly admitted under interrogation. "I really had such faith—that I was expecting to bump into someone who I would recognize and go for it. I was thinking: Trump's in LA right now for the fires, maybe I'll catch him on the way back, ram my car into him, and just drive my knife into him and then just die in the process."
However, per probable cause statements, en route, English stopped at a library in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and learned that Bessent was confirmed as secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department that day, thereby changing his mind on whom to target.
At first, English allegedly planned to wrap bottles of vodka in alcohol-soaked rags and hurl them at Bessent's feet. But he also thought that in the event he could get close enough to Bessent, he would stab him to death with a knife, English allegedly admitted. According to authorities, English surmised that he would have to kill, at least, three U.S. Capitol Police officers to get to Bessent.
However, upon arriving, English apparently gave up on his alleged assassination plot. After approaching a U.S. Capitol Police officer near the south entrance, English stated, "I'd like to turn myself in," and disclosed that he had weapons on him, including makeshift Molotov cocktails (constructed out of two 50 ml bottles of vodka covered in a cloth that was drenched in hand sanitizer), a lighter, and a folding knife. Law enforcement also allegedly found additional bomb-making material in English's car as well as larger bottles of vodka, which he left behind because it "looked dumb in my jacket" so he opted to carry the smaller ones.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2025/02/04/scott-bessent-suspect-n2651601
Charging documents allege that English "took significant steps to kill multiple members of the new presidential administration." On January 27, English traveled to the U.S. Capitol allegedly intending to kill "Nazi" Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth, take out the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, "and/or" burn down The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025. "These actions were specifically to 'depose' these political offices and send a message," according to the arrest affidavit.
"I was gonna hurt big players," English allegedly admitted under interrogation. "I really had such faith—that I was expecting to bump into someone who I would recognize and go for it. I was thinking: Trump's in LA right now for the fires, maybe I'll catch him on the way back, ram my car into him, and just drive my knife into him and then just die in the process."
However, per probable cause statements, en route, English stopped at a library in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and learned that Bessent was confirmed as secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department that day, thereby changing his mind on whom to target.
At first, English allegedly planned to wrap bottles of vodka in alcohol-soaked rags and hurl them at Bessent's feet. But he also thought that in the event he could get close enough to Bessent, he would stab him to death with a knife, English allegedly admitted. According to authorities, English surmised that he would have to kill, at least, three U.S. Capitol Police officers to get to Bessent.
However, upon arriving, English apparently gave up on his alleged assassination plot. After approaching a U.S. Capitol Police officer near the south entrance, English stated, "I'd like to turn myself in," and disclosed that he had weapons on him, including makeshift Molotov cocktails (constructed out of two 50 ml bottles of vodka covered in a cloth that was drenched in hand sanitizer), a lighter, and a folding knife. Law enforcement also allegedly found additional bomb-making material in English's car as well as larger bottles of vodka, which he left behind because it "looked dumb in my jacket" so he opted to carry the smaller ones.
