Armed suspect arrested near Justice Kavanaugh home, charged with attempted murder

A California man arrested for threatening to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh is facing a federal charge of attempted murder, according to the Department of Justice.

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Nicholas John Roske, 26, of California, was set to appear before Judge Timothy J. Sullivan at the U. S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland Wednesday afternoon to face the charge.

Roske was identified in a criminal complaint charging him with the attempted murder of a Supreme Court justice, was dressed in black when he arrived by taxi just after 1 a.m. outside Kavanaugh's home in a Washington suburb.

Roske had a Glock 17 pistol, ammunition, a knife, zip ties, pepper spray, duct tape and other items that he told police he would use to break into Kavanaugh's house and kill him, according to a criminal complaint and affidavit filed in federal court in Maryland. Roske said he purchased the gun to kill Kavanaugh and that he also would kill himself, the affidavit said.

Roske, 26, told police he was upset by a leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is about to overrule Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion case. He also said he was upset over the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, and believed Kavanaugh would vote to loosen gun control laws, the affidavit said.

When he got out of the taxi, Roske was spotted by two U. S. Marshals who are part of round-the-clock security provided to the justices following the leak of the draft opinion l... (Read more)

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