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Person convicted in Bessent assassination attempt gets more than 6 years in prison

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Person convicted in Bessent assassination attempt gets more than 6 years in prison

The person arrested last year in connection with an attempted assassination plot against Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced. Ryan Michael English, a 24-year-old from South Deerfield, Mass., who goes by Raleigh Jane English, confessed the plot to U.S. Capitol Police outside the legislative…

Originally reported by The Hill. Read the full story at the original source.