The California man charged with attempting to murder U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh following the leak of a 2022 draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade has pleaded guilty.
Nicholas Roske, 29, appeared before a Maryland federal court Tuesday and voluntarily confessed to attempting to assassinate an associate justice of the high court in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 351(c). He admitted the crime without the benefit of a plea agreement and faces a potential sentence of life imprisonment.
“This calculated attempt on the life of a sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justice was a heinous attack on the Court itself,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a press statement. “Anyone who thinks they can use violence or intimidation to influence our courts will be met with the full force of the law and face up to life in prison.”