{"id":1517876,"date":"2022-06-15T20:19:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T00:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517876"},"modified":"2022-06-15T20:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T00:19:48","slug":"alleged-would-be-kavanaugh-assassin-indicted-for-attempted-murder-of-a-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alleged-would-be-kavanaugh-assassin-indicted-for-attempted-murder-of-a-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged Would-Be Kavanaugh Assassin Indicted For Attempted Murder Of A Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falleged-would-be-kavanaugh-assassin-indicted-for-attempted-murder-of-a-justice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517876&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The man who allegedly told police he sought to kill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/supreme-court\">Supreme Court<\/a> Justice Brett Kavanaugh has been indicted for attempted murder, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/department-of-justice\">Department of Justice<\/a> (DOJ) said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-six-year-old Nicholas John Roske of California was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of attempting to murder a Supreme Court justice, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-md\/pr\/california-man-facing-federal-indictment-maryland-attempted-murder-supreme-court-justice\">DOJ said in a press release<\/a>, noting that his initial appearance has not yet been scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals charged by indictment are presumed innocent until proven guilty, the release said, noting that an indictment is not a finding of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the one-count indictment and other court documents, on June 8, 2022, Roske intended to kill an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,\u201d the release said. \u201cCourt documents alleges that Roske traveled from California to Maryland, intending to kill the Supreme Court Justice, arriving at the residence of a current Justice of the Supreme Court in the early morning hours of June 8, 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-396891\" class=\"wp-image-396891 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1240755927-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1240755927-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1240755927-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1240755927-865x576-1.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1240755927-768x511-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1240755927-1536x1022-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1240755927-2048x1363-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1240755927-1200x800-1.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-396891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CHEVY CHASE, MD \u2013 MAY 18: Police officers stand outside the home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in anticipation of an abortion-rights demonstration on May 18, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. (Photo by Bonnie Cash\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>If Roske is convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for attempting to assassinate a United States justice. The DOJ release notes that actual sentences for federal crimes are usually less than the maximum penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe indictment includes a forfeiture allegation seeking the forfeiture of a firearm, two magazines loaded with 10 rounds each of 9mm ammunition; 17 rounds of ammunition contained in a plastic bag, a black speed loader, and additional items allegedly intended to be used in the commission of the crime,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p>A DOJ\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22056069\/roskenicholas.pdf\">affidavit details<\/a>\u00a0how Roske allegedly traveled to Kavanaugh\u2019s home armed with weapons and burglary tools with the intent to kill the justice and prevent him from ruling on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/second-amendment\">Second Amendment<\/a>\u00a0and abortion cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn June 8, 2022, at approximately 1:05 a.m., two United States Deputy Marshals saw an individual dressed in black clothing and carrying a backpack and a suitcase, get out of a taxicab that had stopped in front of the Montgomery County, Maryland, residence of a current Justice of the United States Supreme Court,\u201d the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p>Roske looked at the two U.S. Marshals standing by their parked cars and then walked down the street, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>The Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center then received a call from an individual who identified himself as Nicholas John Roske. He said he had suicidal thoughts, had a gun in his suitcase, and had come from California to kill \u201ca specific United States Supreme Court Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police were dispatched to the justice\u2019s home, where they encountered Roske still on the phone with the Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center. The officers took Roske into custody \u201cwithout incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn inventory search of the seized suitcase and backpack revealed a black tactical chest rig and tactical knife, a Glock 17 pistol with two magazines and ammunition, paper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail punch, crow bar, pistol light, duct tape, hiking boots with padding on the outside of the soles, and other items,\u201d the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p>Roske told authorities that he was upset about the \u201cleak of a recent Supreme Court draft decision regarding the right to abortion as well as the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.\u201d He indicated that \u201che believed the Justice that he intended to kill would side with Second Amendment decisions that would loosen gun control laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoske stated that he began thinking about how to give his life a purpose and decided that he would kill the Supreme Court Justice after finding the Justice\u2019s Montgomery County address on the Internet,\u201d the affidavit said. \u201cRoske further indicated that he had purchased the Glock pistol and other items for the purpose of breaking into the Justice\u2019s residence and killing the Justice as well as himself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man who allegedly told police he sought to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has been indicted for attempted murder, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday. Twenty-six-year-old Nicholas John Roske of California was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of attempting to murder a Supreme Court justice, the DOJ said in a press release, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":1898517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}