The suspect surrendered to police near the Capitol entrance and allegedly divulged his disturbing plot that also involved Mike Johnson and Scott Bessent.
Ryan English, 24, was carrying makeshift explosives and knives near the U.S. Capitol building on Monday, police charge in court papers.
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to order Riley Jane English, of Massachusetts, detained without bond while she awaits trial.
A man arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Monday with Molotov cocktails allegedly intended to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other prominent
A man arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Monday in possession of Molotov cocktails allegedly said he was looking to
An armed man arrested at the U.S. Capitol said he planned to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Ryan English faces charges of unlawful transportation of a firearm and bringing an incendiary device into the Capitol.
The man arrested Monday after admitting to carrying two Molotov cocktails and two knives onto the U.S. Capitol grounds has been identified as 24-year-old Ryan M. English from Rhode Island.