The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday asked an appeals court to reassign the case of Nicholas Roske, who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022, to another judge for resentencing.
Roske was sentenced to eight years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, in October 2025 for attempting to kill Kavanaugh outside his home on June 8, 2022.
The incident took place weeks after a leaked draft opinion indicated the Supreme Court was preparing to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.
In a June 22 brief, the DOJ asked the appeals court to vacate Roske’s eight-year sentence, saying it was “unreasonably lenient” and failed to account for the gravity of his crime….