Brett Kavanaugh assassination plot
On June 8, 2022, Nicholas Roske traveled to the home of Brett Kavanaugh, an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, with plans to break in Kavanaugh's home, kill him, and then commit suicide. After arriving at Kavanaugh's residence, Roske called the police on himself and was arrested.
| Brett Kavanaugh assassination plot | |
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Kavanaugh's Supreme Court portrait | |
| Location | Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S. |
| Date | June 8, 2022 1:05 a.m. (EST) |
| Target | Brett Kavanaugh |
Attack type | Attempted assassination, attempted murder-suicide |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Accused | Nicholas Roske |
| Charges | Attempted murder of a Justice of the United States |
Roske told police he was frustrated with the leaked Supreme Court decision that was poised to overrule Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed abortion as a right, as well as a recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas and the possibility of the Court loosening gun restrictions under the Second Amendment.
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