“In addition to his initial intention of killing Hegseth and/or Johnson, the affidavit said, English told police he considered burning down the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.”

Guy turned himself in, but doesn’t really say why.

  • Inui [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
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    Looks like he was just after whoever in the Trump admin.

    "initially planning to kill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and/or House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., a police affidavit said.

    But English shifted his target to Bessent after stopping at a library in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and reading that the Senate was voting Monday on Bessent’s nomination as President Donald Trump’s Treasury chief, the document said."

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      Who stops in the middle of their assassination to go to a public library and read the news? And upon reading said news, changes their plan and target?

      We’re really dealing with some Level 1 Adventurers here. Starting zone shit