Trial set for man accused of trying to kill Justice Kavanaugh

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A federal judge scheduled a trial to start on June 9, 2025, for a California man charged with trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh over two years ago. 

Following the leaked court opinion on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that overturned abortion protections, then-26-year-old Nicholas Roske traveled to Washington, D.C., to kill Kavanaugh and conservative justices, prosecutors allege. 

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