Chip Roy Moves To Impeach Judge Over ‘Absurd’ Sentence For Attempted Kavanaugh Assassin

WASHINGTON—Congressman Chip Roy on Monday filed articles of impeachment against U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, who sentenced Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s attempted assassin to only eight years in prison — significantly lower than what federal sentencing guidelines and prosecutors called for.

Nicholas Roske, a 29-year-old trans-identifying man who now goes by Sophie, was sentenced October 3 for attempting to kill the Supreme Court justice in 2022.

In an exclusive statement to The Daily Wire, Roy said Boardman “deserves to be impeached for her absurd eight-year-sentence.”

“Our nation’s judicial system is structured to administer proper and equal treatment under the law; it is not a system where a member of the Judiciary is to allow their personal feelings or political ideology to influence their decision-making — oftentimes resulting in more criminals on the street,” the Texas Republican said.

Roske faced up to life in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. Prosecutors asked for 30 years.

Roy noted the assassin “went to great lengths to methodically plan for the attack by spending months researching the private residence of a sitting Supreme Court Justice and obtaining countless weapons and other instruments to fulfill his plot to kill.”

Roske meticulously planned the assassination for months but had a change of heart outside the conservative justice’s home and called the police to turn himself in.