1GREENBELT, MD – A California man who traveled across the country armed and prepared to assassinate a sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justice has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, federal officials announced Friday.

Nicholas John Roske, 29, of Simi Valley, pleaded guilty to attempting to kill a Supreme Court Justice after admitting he traveled to Maryland in June 2022 with a gun, ammunition, and burglary tools.

The Department of Justice had pushed for a sentence of at least 30 years to life, calling the court’s decision “woefully insufficient.”

Justice Department to appeal sentence

Attorney General Pamela Bondi condemned the sentence as a failure to match the seriousness of the crime, calling Roske’s plan “a disgusting attack again

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