India, Aug. 19 -- A transgender woman from Massachusetts has been sentenced to 73 months in prison for attempting to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with Molotov cocktails, US authorities said.

Ryan Michael English, 26, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced in the US District Court to 73 months in prison in connection with the attempted assassination plot involving Molotov cocktails made from vodka bottles. English was also convicted for carrying a folding knife onto the grounds of the US Capitol.

English, also known as "Raleigh Jane English," pleaded guilty before US District Judge Rudolph Contreras to one count of unlawful receipt, possession and/or transfer of a firearm, and one count of carrying a firearm, da...