Kavanaugh Assassin Plotter Nicholas Roske Sought to Kill Three Justices, Prosecutors Reveal in Sentencing Memo

New details have emerged in the case of Nicholas Roske, the California man who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022. Federal prosecutors have revealed that Roske’s plot extended beyond Justice Kavanaugh, as he intended to kill three members of the high court in a bid to “single-handedly alter the constitutional order for ideological ends.”

This significant revelation came to light in a sentencing memorandum filed with the U.S. district court in Maryland. Roske was arrested near Kavanaugh’s home in June 2022, found with a handgun, ammunition, a knife, and various tools. He pleaded guilty in April to attempting to kill or kidnap a Supreme Court justice.

Prosecutors are advocating for a sentence of at least 30 years to life in prison for Roske, emphasizing that his actions represent a grave affront to the Constitution and involved “extensive premeditation.” They cited his research, planning, procurement of weapons, cross-country travel, and attempts to delete online evidence as proof of his intent. The Justice Department described Roske’s objective as an “abhorrent form of terrorism” that strikes at the core of the U.S. government’s system.

Court filings detail messages Roske posted on Discord in May 2022, referencing the Supreme Court’s potential overturning of Roe v. Wade. “What do you think would happen if [Kavanaugh] died?” he wrote, also stating, “Also the right have a 5-4 majority so if one conservative justice dies then it becomes a 5-4 for the left.” Days later, he explicitly wrote, “im gonna stop roe v wade from being overturned” and aimed to “remove some people from the supreme court,” targeting three justices.

Roske’s internet search history included queries on how to silently kill someone, break locks, and the effectiveness of stabbing someone’s neck. A map in his Google account reportedly marked the homes of four Supreme Court justices, and he extensively researched Kavanaugh’s name and address, along with those of three other unnamed justices. Prosecutors are asking the judge to apply a terrorism enhancement to his sentence, arguing his conduct was designed “to influence or affect the conduct of government by intimidation or coercion.”

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