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Nicholas John Roske, the California man who was arrested in June 2022 for attempting to murder Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, has pleaded not guilty to the charge. He is currently being held in custody pending trial.
According to the FBI, Roske traveled from California to Maryland armed with a gun, a knife, and other weapons, with the intent to kill Kavanaugh. He was arrested outside of Kavanaugh's home after calling police and saying that he was having suicidal thoughts and had a gun in his suitcase.
In an interview with police, Roske said that he was upset by the leaked draft opinion suggesting that the Supreme Court was about to overrule Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion case. He also said that he was upset over the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, and believed that Kavanaugh would vote to loosen gun control laws.
Roske's trial is scheduled to begin on February 27, 2023. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.