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DOJ Seeks 30 Years to Life in Kavanaugh Assassination Plot as Defense Reports Gender Identity Change

Prosecutors portray the 2022 plan as a deliberate ideological attack to deter future threats to the judiciary.

Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett arrive for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.
United States Department of Justice logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ File Photo
Justice Brett Kavanaugh speaks at a panel at the Eighth Circuit Court Judicial Conference
Justice Brett Kavanaugh

Overview

  • Federal prosecutors filed a sentencing memo Friday urging a term of 30 years to life for the defendant in the Brett Kavanaugh assassination plot, with sentencing set for Oct. 3 before U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman.
  • Nicholas John Roske pleaded guilty in April to attempting to assassinate a U.S. Supreme Court justice, a plea entered without a sentencing agreement.
  • Defense attorneys notified the court that their client now identifies as a transgender woman named Sophie Roske and requested the use of female pronouns, while noting the legal name has not changed.
  • Filings recount that Roske traveled from California to Kavanaugh’s Maryland home in June 2022 with a pistol and burglary tools, called 911 upon arrival, and cited the Dobbs draft leak and the Uvalde shooting as motivations.
  • Prosecutors say Discord messages show intent to target multiple justices, quoting the phrase “shooting for 3,” and describe the conduct as terrorism to justify a severe sentence for deterrence.