Lawyers confirmed on Wednesday that a man accused of the attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 is planning to plead guilty in court.
In a Wednesday letter sent to U.S District Judge Deborah Boardman, Nicholas Roske’s lawyers, Andrew Szekely and Ellie Marranzini, said, “We write to inform the Court that Mr. Roske wishes to plead guilty to the one-count Indictment pending against him.”
According to The Hill, by pleading guilty to the indictment against him, Roske will be forced to admit that the government could prove “beyond a reasonable doubt” that he flew from California to Washington Dulles International Airport and took a taxi to Kavanaugh’s home in Maryland in June of 2022. The outlet noted that after Roske arrived in Maryland, he decided not to follow through with his assassination plan.
The Hill also reported that transcripts show the suspect was in communication with both his sister and 911 prior to police officers arriving at the scene and arresting Roske outside the home of the Supreme Court justice on June 8, 2022.
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According to The Hill, law enforcement officials recovered a pistol, ammunition, a crowbar, zip ties, and other weapons when they arrested the suspect. The outlet noted that Roske told law enforcement officials he had traveled to Kavanaugh’s home with the intent of killing him.
Court documents obtained by The Hill indicate that Roske admitted to law enforcement officials that he was suicidal and had intended to assassinate Kavanaugh to “make the world a better place.” An affidavit obtained by Fox News added that Roske was “upset about the leak of a recent p regarding the right to an abortion as well as the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas,” and believed that the Supreme Court justice would “side with Second Amendment decisions that would loosen gun control laws.”
Fox News reported that Roske was initially scheduled to appear on trial on June 9; however, following Wednesday’s letter to Boardman, both the suspect’s lawyers and the government are pushing for a hearing on April 7 or 8 to allow Roske to enter his guilty plea.
