DOJ Seeks Resentencing of Justice Kavanaugh’s Attempted Assassin

DOJ lawyers argued Nicholas Roske’s eight-year sentence was ‘unreasonably lenient’ and failed to account for the gravity of his crime.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh poses for the official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday asked an appeals court to reassign the case of Nicholas Roske, who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022, to another judge for resentencing.

Roske was sentenced to eight years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, in October 2025 for attempting to kill Kavanaugh outside his home on June 8, 2022.