Mary Margaret Olohan@MaryMargOlohan · Sep 19, 2025

NEW: The man who attempted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identifies as a transgender woman and was…

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Nicholas Roske, who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022, is identified in DOJ documents as transgender and mentally ill, with the government recommending a 30-year sentence. Documents reveal Roske meticulously planned attacks on at least three justices motivated by opposition to the reversal of Roe v. Wade, conducting extensive research on weapons, killing methods, and justices' addresses.

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NEW: The man who attempted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identifies as a transgender woman and was deeply mentally ill and suicidal, according to documents first obtained by @realDailyWire. Details below: 🧵
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The Department of Justice is recommending that Nicholas Roske, the defendant, should be sentenced to 30 years for attempting to kill a United State Supreme Court justice. dailywire.com/news/exclusive…
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In the filings obtained by The Daily Wire, DOJ attorneys argue that the court’s sentence “must send the unequivocal, clear, and strong message that attempted violence and threats of violence against members of the judiciary — as well as other public and federal officials — cannot and will not be tolerated, and will be justly and severely condemned.”
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The revelation that Roske has been using a female name and pronouns is significant given the rise in transgender violence across the United States. A gunman living with his transgender boyfriend is accused of murdering Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk last week. Kirk’s murder came only a few weeks after 23-year-old trans-identifying gunman named Robin Westman opened fire on Catholic school children as they prayed at in Minneapolis. Kirk’s accused killer, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was living/in a relationship with a 22-year-old trans-identified male named Lance Twiggs, thrown out of his family home for allegedly abusing drugs and alcohol and excessive gaming.
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Though it was reported in 2022 that Roske portrayed himself as a self-styled “trans gamer girl” on the internet, more information about the attempted assassin’s gender identity has not been made available to the public. Roske’s story had largely vanished from public scrutiny, other than occasional updates on his sentencing and charges.
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The DOJ filings reveal how Roske, motivated by the leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion showing Roe v. Wade would soon be overturned, scoured the internet for information on how to assassinate a Supreme Court justice. dailywire.com/news/exclusive…
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After the leak, published by POLITICO in May 2022, Roske searched terms relating to combat and body armor approximately 28 times. Within a month, he had searched for firearms-related terms over 90 times. That included “quietest semi auto rifle,” “gun calibers,” “best silencers for glock 17” and more. He was also searching “do snipers aim for the head or the chest,” “does the secret service protect supreme court justices,” and “easiest way to opena. locked door,” “how to break glass quietly,” “how to make shoes quieter,” and “how to make handcuffs with zip ties.”
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On Discord, he was asking his online friends: “Would [associate justices’ last name] being removed from the [Supreme Court] help women long term?” And, “I was thinking of the Roe decision. I feel like those 9 people make a much bigger impact than most people” and “the thought of Roe v. Wade and gay marriage both being repealed has me furious.”
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He was also researching how to kill people. Between May and June 2022, Roske was looking into the “most effective place to stab someone” and “how to quietly knock someone out.” He was searching “How far into the neck is the trachea,” “what is the best length of knife for stabbing,” the “Most effective way to silently kill someone,” and “how much force do you need to stab someone’s neck.”
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Worth noting: Kavanaugh was not his only target. Nicholas Roske was hoping to kill at least three Supreme Court justices, according to the DOJ filings: "In the spring of 2022, the defendant meticulously researched, planned, and attempted to assassinate at least one — but had a stated target of three — sitting judges of the United States Supreme Court. The defendant’s explicit objective was to single-handedly alter the Constitutional order for ideological ends. Those plans mercifully were disrupted upon the defendant’s arrival at the first Associate Justice’s residence due to the presence of a protective security detail, and the defendant was arrested at that location. The defendant’s own words show that the defendant was “shooting for 3” assassinations (emphasis added). A map saved in the defendant’s Google account contained location pins marking what the defendant believed to be the residential addresses of four sitting Supreme Court Justices."