Threats of violence and actual violence against the justices of course strike at the heart of our democracy and we will do everything we can to prevent them and to hold people who do them accountable.” The attempted murder charge carries a maximum term of 20 years in prison.Įarlier Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters, "This kind of behavior is obviously behavior we will not tolerate. Roske's next court date was tentatively set for June 22. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateĪndrew Szekely, a federal public defender who is representing Roske, declined to comment on the case after the hearing. The court currently is weighing a challenge to New York's requirements for getting a permit to carry a gun in public, a case that could make it easier to be armed on the streets of New York and other large cities. 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. Roske told police he was upset by a leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is about to overrule Roe v.
Roske said he purchased the gun to kill Kavanaugh and that he also would kill himself, the affidavit said.
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He 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 an affidavit filed in federal court in Maryland. outside Kavanaugh’s home in a Washington suburb.
Roske was dressed in black when he arrived by taxi just after 1 a.m.
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