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Sophie Roske of Simi Valley received over eight years for attempting to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh in 2022.

Roske had weapons outside Kavanaugh’s Maryland home but abandoned the plot and called 911 for help.

The Justice Department plans to appeal what Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi called a “woefully insufficient sentence.”

GREENBELT, Md. — A California resident who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh at his Maryland home was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison by a federal judge, who imposed a punishment that is significantly more lenient than the Justice Department’s recommendation.

Sophie Roske, a transgender woman from Simi Valley char

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