# Brendan Horan

Type: Person

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## Timeline

- **2026-08-18**: Sentencing: 73 months plus supervised release — Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced English to six years and one month in prison followed by three years of supervised release, rejecting the government's 121-month recommendation.
- **2026-03**: Guilty plea on two weapons charges — English pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to two weapons charges, resolving the case without trial and narrowing the contested issues to sentencing.
- **2025-01-27**: English arrives at U.S. Capitol with firebombs — Riley English drove to Washington, D.C., carrying homemade Molotov cocktails, told Capitol Police she intended to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the day of his Senate confirmation, and was arrested. Bessent was not at the Capitol.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Bessent threat case: 73-month term vs. 121-month DOJ ask
2026-08-24 05:22:38 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

A D.C. federal judge imposed 73 months — 48 below the government's 121-month request — on Riley English for transporting inoperable firebombs to the Capitol with stated intent to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The court credited mental-health mitigation, self-reporting, and device non-functionality over DOJ's deterrence arguments, while a three-year supervised-release term extends monitoring. The ruling offers a practical anchor for threat-prosecution plea structuring and presentence advocacy in politically charged weapons cases.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/bessent-threat-case-73-month-term-vs-121-month-doj-ask

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