Man Charged with Trying to Kill Brett Kavanaugh Going to Trial

An armed man arrested outside Brett Kavanaugh’s home in 2022 and charged with trying to assassinate the Supreme Court justice will go to trial, court documents show.

Federal prosecutors sought a scheduling conference for a trial date in Maryland federal court, according to the documents filed Friday.

Nicholas John Roske, 28, of Simi Valley, California, initially told investigators that he traveled in June 2022 to Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to kill him.

According to an affidavit filed after his arrest, Roske said he had been upset by a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and believed Kavanaugh would vote ...