A Massachusetts lady who advised police that she went to the U.S. Capitol to kill members of President Donald Trump’s cupboard mentioned she was influenced by Luigi Mangione, the person charged with fatally taking pictures the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, prosecutors mentioned in a court docket submitting.
Ryan Michael English, who goes by Riley English, was arrested Monday and remained in custody after her preliminary court docket look on Thursday. English didn’t instantly problem her pretrial detention, court docket information present.
English, 24, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, advised police that she felt like she was “on a mission” and “had been thinking about for this for a while because of Luigi Mangione,” prosecutors mentioned. Mangione pleaded not responsible in December to state homicide and terror expenses in a Manhattan court docket.
“I pushed that away because I was thinking like that is so stupid, that accomplishes nothing, that poor kid just threw his life away for like a minute of vengeance,” English mentioned, in line with prosecutors.
English was arrested on weapons expenses after she approached police on the Capitol and mentioned she got here there to kill billionaire investor Scott Bessent on the day that the Senate confirmed the South Carolina resident as Trump’s treasury secretary, in line with a Tuesday court docket submitting.
Investigators mentioned they discovered a folding knife, two selfmade firebombs and a lighter in English’s possession.
English additionally mentioned she traveled from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., aspiring to kill different Republican political figures — Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth and Home Speaker Mike Johnson — and to burn down the Heritage Basis, a conservative suppose tank, in line with police. English modified her goal to Bessent after studying an web publish about his affirmation listening to, police mentioned.
English advised officers that she was terminally unwell and “wanted to do something before I go,” in line with prosecutors.
“The criminal conduct for which she is before the Court is not a momentary lapse in judgment; rather, it was a premeditated and calculated attempt to commit violence,” they wrote.
Protection lawyer Maria Jacob mentioned English solely went to the Capitol “as a cry for help” and didn’t intend to hurt anyone.
“She was not aggressive when she approached the Capitol Police Officers. She never brandished any of the items as weapons and assisted police to retrieve the items on her person immediately,” Jacob wrote.
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