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’s gender identity.
U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, a Biden appointee, sentenced Nicholas Roske—who now identifies as a transgender woman named Sophie—to 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’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade.
