Police Arrest Man With Molotov Cocktails Plotting to Assassinate Trump Admin Officials

A Massachusetts man was arrested near the U.S. Capitol on Monday, according to court documents indicating that the suspect confessed to carrying weapons and revealed a plot to assassinate high-ranking government officials, including newly confirmed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The suspect, 34-year-old Ryan Michael “Reily” English, was detained outside the Capitol at around 3 p.m. on Jan. 27 after voluntarily surrendering to officers, per an affidavit filed in court the next day. English told officers he was carrying multiple knives and two Molotov cocktails, with law enforcement later confirming that the incendiary devices were constructed using vodka bottles with cloth wicks soaked in hand sanitizer, according to U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Special Agent Peter Campopiano, who prepared the affidavit....