According to legal documents, the biological male who tried to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identifies as a transgender woman. Along with gender dysphoria, the suspect also suffers from other mental illnesses and was suicidal.
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Nicholas Roske, 29, received a prison sentence of 30 years for trying to kill Kavanaugh in 2022, just before the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court the same year. A filing from the Justice Department released on Friday reveals that Roske, who pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him for the incident in April 2025, three years after his initial arrest outside of Kavanaugh’s home.
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Law enforcement officials found him armed with a bag full of weapons and burglary tools. Another filing, this one
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