Abortion Activist Charged With Threatening to Murder Justice Brett Kavanaugh
June 9, 2022 | California, District of Columbia, Maryland
A California man who said he was angry that the U.S. Supreme Court may soon overturn Roe v. Wade has been charged with threatening to murder Justice Brett Kavanaugh outside his Maryland home early Wednesday morning.
Heavy reports court records identified the man as Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, California.
Roske was arrested around 1:50 a.m. Wednesday morning near Kavanaugh’s home, according to authorities. Police said he was armed with a pistol, knife, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer and crowbar, according to USA Today.
Roske allegedly threatened to kill Kavanaugh because he was upset that the justice may overturn Roe this summer and allow states to protect unborn babies from abortion again, according to the criminal complaint.
Here’s more from the report:
Roske is expected to make an initial court appearance later Wednesday in a Maryland federal court where he faces charges of attempted murder of a Supreme Court justice, according to a statement released by the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Erek L. Barron.
If convicted, Roske faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for attempted murder of a United States judge.
Authorities said Roske told them that he decided to kill the Supreme Court justice after “thinking about how to give his life a purpose,” according to court documents….(Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)
