The Department of Justice (DOJ) is stepping in after a Democrat-aligned judge handed an embarrassingly light sentence to the man who plotted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
According to the New York Post, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed over the weekend that she will appeal the “woefully insufficient” sentence.
Bondi warned that the attempted killer, Nicholas Roske, is a “profoundly disturbed individual.”
Roske, who later claimed he was transgender, was only sentenced to eight years in prison and lifetime supervision.
The light sentence was exactly what Roske’s defense attorney was hoping for.
Maryland US District Judge Deborah Boardman, a Biden appointee, sentenced Roske on Friday.
Roske was convicted of attempting to assassinate Kavanaugh in June 2022 in the weeks before the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision.
The sentencing sparked outrage, with many immediately demanding that Bondi get involved and work to make it a much tougher punishment.
Bondi held nothing back in her statement, vowing to appeal the ruling, which was handed down by Judge Boardman.
“The attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a disgusting attack against our entire judicial system by a profoundly disturbed individual,” Bondi wrote on X.
She added, “@TheJusticeDept will be appealing the woefully insufficient sentence imposed by the district court, which does not reflect the horrific facts of this case.”
The attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a disgusting attack against our entire judicial system by a profoundly disturbed individual. @TheJusticeDept will be appealing the woefully insufficient sentence imposed by the district court, which does not…
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) October 3, 2025
Prosecutors from the Justice Department sought a much tougher sentence.
The Post noted:
“DOJ prosecutors sought a prison term of 30 years to life for the man who targeted the high court justice in June 2022, arriving in a taxi outside Kavanaugh’s Chevy Chase, Md., home with a Glock 17 pistol, ammunition, a tactical light, zip ties, pepper spray, and burglary tools.”
In their sentencing memo, DOJ prosecutors wrote:
“The defendant’s actions and intent — which were determined, focused, and undeterred for months — were extremely dangerous to the lives of multiple sitting judges, their family members, and the Constitutional judicial order.”
They added, “The sentence imposed in this case must send the powerful message, both to the defendant and to others who contemplate committing assassination to obstruct judicial independence, that these ends never justify the means and that the consequences are not worth engaging in these acts.”
The would-be killer apologized for his actions, claiming he made a grave mistake and said he felt remorse for his decisions.
“I can see now how destructive and misguided such acts are, and am ashamed to have not recognized these things sooner,” he wrote in a court declaration.
Sadly, the judge fell for it, and with any luck, the ruling will be strengthened on Bondi’s watch.
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