A man arrested at the United States Capitol Monday with a knife and Molotov cocktails admitted that he wanted to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Ryan Michael “Reily” English traveled from his home in Massachusetts to Washington,

A Massachusetts man has been arrested on weapons charges after authorities say he visited the U.S. Capitol and told police that he came there to kill billionaire investor Scott Bessent on the day the Senate confirmed him as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary.

A Massachusetts man who intended to kill two Trump Cabinet secretaries and the Speaker of the House of Representatives brought knives and Molotov cocktails with him to Washington D.C., reports said.