加州男子企图刺杀大法官卡瓦诺被判97个月，司法部称量刑过轻将上诉
2025年10月3日，美国马里兰州联邦地区法院法官 Deborah Boardman 在 Greenbelt 判处加州 Simi Valley 居民 Nicholas John Roske 97个月联邦监禁，并处终身监督释放。Roske 此前已认罪，承认曾携带枪支从加州飞往马里兰州蒙哥马利县，企图杀害一名联邦最高法院大法官。司法部在量刑时主张判处30年至终身监禁。
司法部长 Pamela Bondi 当天发表声明说，企图刺杀大法官卡瓦诺是对整个司法系统的攻击，司法部将就地区法院这一「严重不足」的量刑提出上诉，称该刑期与案件的恶劣事实不相称。联邦调查局局长 Kash Patel 表示，针对联邦法官或其他公职人员的暴力不可接受。
Roske 在认罪中承认，2022年6月7日，他把一支枪和弹药装在托运行李箱里，从 Los Angeles 国际机场飞抵华盛顿 Dulles 国际机场，再乘出租车前往蒙哥马利县，意图杀害这名大法官。6月8日凌晨约1时05分，守卫大法官住所的两名联邦法警副官看见他乘出租车抵达住所门前。
Roske 随后致电蒙哥马利县紧急通讯中心，称自己有杀人和自杀的念头、行李箱里有枪，并说自己从加州飞来就是要杀一名最高法院大法官，警方随即将他逮捕。警方搜查他的行李箱和背包，查获一支枪、战术胸挂和战术刀、两个各装10发子弹的弹匣、另17发子弹、胡椒喷雾、束线带、锤子、螺丝刀、钉冲、撬棍、手枪灯、胶带和撬锁工具等物品。
Roske 被捕后向侦探表示，他对当时泄露的最高法院堕胎案裁决草案以及德州 Uvalde 校园枪击案感到愤怒，并承认自己从加州带来枪支和破门工具、意图杀害这名大法官；被问到「如果一切畅通无阻，你打算怎么做」时，他回答「破门而入，然后开枪」。此案由联邦调查局 Baltimore 办事处、联邦法警局、蒙哥马利县警察局和最高法院警察局调查，联邦调查局 Los Angeles 办事处提供协助。（来源：美国司法部）
California Man Who Plotted to Kill Justice Kavanaugh Sentenced to 97 Months as Justice Department Vows to Appeal
On October 3, 2025, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland, sentenced Nicholas John Roske, 29, of Simi Valley, California, to 97 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Roske had pleaded guilty to attempting to kill a United States Supreme Court Justice, admitting that he flew from California to Montgomery County, Maryland, with a firearm intending to carry out the killing. The Department of Justice had advocated for a sentence of at least 30 years to life.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement that day that the attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a disgusting attack against the entire judicial system, and that the Department of Justice would appeal the woefully insufficient sentence imposed by the district court, which she said did not reflect the horrific facts of the case. FBI Director Kash Patel said violence against federal judges or other public officials is unacceptable.
As part of his guilty plea, Roske admitted that on June 7, 2022, he flew from Los Angeles International Airport to Dulles International Airport with a firearm and ammunition in a checked suitcase, then took a taxi to Montgomery County with the intent to kill the Supreme Court Justice. On June 8, 2022, at approximately 1:05 a.m., two Deputy U.S. Marshals protecting the residence of a Supreme Court Justice observed him arrive by taxi in front of the residence.
Shortly after, Roske told a Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center call taker that he was having homicidal and suicidal thoughts, had a gun in his suitcase, and had flown from California to kill a specific Supreme Court Justice; officers took him into custody. A search of his suitcase and backpack revealed a firearm, a black tactical chest rig and tactical knife, two magazines each containing 10 rounds of ammunition, 17 additional rounds, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdrivers, a nail punch, a crowbar, a pistol light, duct tape and lock-pick tools, among other items.
After his arrest, Roske told a detective he was upset about a recently leaked Supreme Court draft decision on abortion as well as the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and admitted he had come from California with the intent to use the firearm and burglary tools to kill the Justice; asked what his plan was if everything was clear, he answered, "Break in [and] shoot" the Associate Justice. The FBI Baltimore Field Office, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Montgomery County Police Department and the Supreme Court Police Department investigated the case, with assistance from the FBI Los Angeles Field Office. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
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