A federal judge sentenced the attempted assassin of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh to more than eight years in prison Friday.

Judge Deborah L. Boardman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, sentenced Sophie Roske, who is transgender and referred to as Nicholas Roske in some court documents, to 97 months in prison, along with lifelong supervised release.

Roske pleaded guilty to attempted assassination of a Supreme Court justice without a plea agreement earlier this year. Justice Department attorneys initially sought at least 30 years in prison for Roske, with the possibility of a life sentence.

According to court documents, Roske flew from California in June 2022 and took a taxi to the Maryland neighborhood where Kavanaugh lived. Roske then walked away from the house a

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