A man accused of attempting to murder Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is still in pretrial negotiations over a resolution to his charges, court documents revealed.
Two years after law enforcement thwarted Nicholas Roske’s alleged plot against Kavanaugh, the case remains unresolved, but a filing late last week revealed a judge agreed to grant the two parties more time.
“The parties’ discussions regarding a pretrial resolution are ongoing. To permit these discussions to continue, the parties request they be permitted to provide a further status report on or before April 29, 2024,” the filing explained.
Roske is charged with attempted murder of a Justice of the United States and has pleaded not guilty.
In June of 2022, Roske, then 26, -years-old at the time, traveled to Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, Md., with the stated intention of breaking in and killing the Supreme Court justice, a federal affidavit alleges.
Roske then spotted two deputy marshals outside of Kavanaugh’s home and allegedly abandoned those plans, opting to call 911 and turn himself in.
Authorities noted that Roske carried a backpack, a Glock 17 pistol, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, duct tape, a “black tactical chest rig and tactical knife,” among other items, according to a federal affidavit.
When questioned about his motives, Roske expressed his outrage over the shooting down in Uvalde, Texas, and the pending decision on abortion, per the affidavit.
Negotiations for some sort of pretrial arrangement appear to have begun sometime last November, court filings suggest.
At the moment, Roske is in federal custody and could face up to 20 years behind bars if convicted.
Judge Peter Messitte is overseeing the case.
Last month, Christine Blasey Ford, a psychology professor who accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her back in the early 1980s, released a book titled, “One Way Back: A Memoir.”
On Tuesday, Neal Brij Sidhwaney, 43, of Florida was sentenced to 14 months in prison for threatening to kill Chief Justice John Roberts last year.
Sidhwaney pleaded not guilty back in December to a charge of transmitting an interstate threat to kill and faced up to five years behind bars. He will also be subjected to three years of supervised release.
Concerns about the safety of the Supreme Court justices have swelled as the high court has found itself repeatedly in the crosshairs in an array of thorny political issues.
Last month, the high court petitioned Congress for an additional $19.4 million to help buttress its security amid those concerns.