California resident gets over 8 years in prison for attempt to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh
October 3, 2025
A California resident who attempted to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his Maryland home has been sentenced to over eight years in prison. Sophie Roske, a transgender woman charged under her legal name, Nicholas Roske, had faced a maximum sentence of life in prison when U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced her Friday to eight years and one month behind bars followed by a lifetime of court supervision. Roske had a pistol, a knife, zip ties and burglary tools in her possession when a taxi dropped her off outside Kavanaugh’s home in June 2022.