{"id":15897,"date":"2025-10-06T14:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15897"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:03:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:03:43","slug":"knives-out-for-biden-judge-after-lenient-ruling-in-kavanaugh-assassination-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15897","title":{"rendered":"Knives Out For Biden Judge After Lenient Ruling In Kavanaugh Assassination Case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A federal judge is facing criticism from conservatives on social media over the sentence given to the person convicted of attempting to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, as well as over the defendant\u2019s gender identity.<\/p>\n

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U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, a Biden appointee, sentenced Nicholas Roske\u2014who now identifies as a transgender woman named Sophie\u2014to eight years in prison on Friday for the 2022 assassination attempt. The incident occurred just weeks before the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, which overturned\u00a0Roe v. Wade<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The eight-year sentence was significantly less than 30 years sought by the Department of Justice. Roske\u2019s defense team had requested an eight-year term, arguing that the defendant showed remorse and voluntarily contacted authorities before carrying out the attack.<\/p>\n

Boardman said during a sentencing hearing that while Roske\u2019s actions were \u201creprehensible,\u201d she also considered a string of mitigating factors, including that Roske \u201cspontaneously confessed to and cooperated with police.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMaryland U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman\u2014a Biden appointee\u2014is a national disgrace,\u201d conservative lawyer Mike Davis, also strategist and former chief counsel for nominations to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, wrote on X on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe only sentenced to 8 years, instead of 30, someone who attempted to murder Justice Kavanaugh and his family in their home. Make no mistake: Today\u2019s Democrats want conservatives killed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Another person wrote that Boardman \u201cneeds to be removed from the bench right the f\u2014 now.\u201d The same person also shared a screenshot of a different post indicating that Boardman asked if Roske would be sent to a women\u2019s prison despite the fact that he\u2019s biologically male.<\/p>\n

Author M.A. Rothman, meanwhile, called the sentence \u201cpathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cA guy who showed up at a Supreme Court Justice\u2019s house armed and ready to k*ll him just got a lighter sentence than some people get for tax crimes \u2014 and the judge turned it into a trans acceptance story,\u201d he added. \u201cThis is beyond parody. The DOJ wanted 30 years. He got 8. And the media barely blinked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another person on X balked at Boardman considering the \u201cfact that he now identifies as a woman into giving him a lower sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Justice Department quickly announced it would appeal the light sentence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a disgusting attack against our entire judicial system by a profoundly disturbed individual,\u201d US Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X. \u201c@TheJusticeDept will be appealing the woefully insufficient sentence imposed by the district court, which does not reflect the horrific facts of this case.\u201d<\/p>\n