"I call on leaders in both parties in Washington to strongly condemn these actions in no uncertain terms," Hogan said. Glenn Youngkin "will continue to partner with both federal and local law enforcement officials to help ensure these residential areas" where Supreme Court justices live "are secure." Hogan also said that he and Virginia Gov. marshals and police, saying they acted "quickly to apprehend the suspect and prevent him from causing any harm." Larry Hogan in a statement lauded the response by U.S. "Threats of violence and actual violence against the justices of course strike at the heart of our democracy, and we will do everything we can to prevent them and hold the people who do them accountable for that reason," Garland said. Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters, "This kind of behavior is obviously behavior that we will not tolerate." The Department of Justice said in mid-May that the Marshals Service is providing "around-the-clock security" at the homes of all nine justices.Ī spokesman for the Marshals Service told CNBC on Wednesday that security measures are still in place at the justices' homes. Security has been tightened at all nine of the justices' homes since last month, after the unprecedented leak of the draft. Wednesday's incident occurred hours before the court released a ruling on a case unrelated to abortion. The Supreme Court is expected in the next several weeks to issue a final decision on a Mississippi abortion law that was the subject of the draft opinion. That draft was written by Justice Samuel Alito, another conservative. Kavanaugh's home, like those of other conservative Supreme Court justices, was the site of protests last month after the leak of a majority draft opinion that would overturn the constitutional right to abortion. Roske "indicated that he believed the Justice that he intended to kill would side with Second Amendment decisions that would loosen gun control laws," the affidavit said. He then told a detective that "he was upset about the leak of a recent Supreme Court draft decision regarding the right to abortion as well as the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas," according to the affidavit. "After being taken to the precinct and advised of his constitutional rights, Roske agreed to speak with the authorities and signed a written waiver to that effect," the affidavit said. Roske was taken to a Montgomery County police station after being arrested. When police searched his suitcase and backpack, they found a Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol with two magazines and ammunition, a knife, a tactical chest rig, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, a screwdriver, nail punch, a crowbar, pistol light and duct tape, according to the affidavit. He was taken into custody without incident. Roske was apprehended, while still on the telephone with the 911 operator, by Montgomery County police sent to the scene. "He also told the call taker he came from California to kill a specific United States Supreme Court Justice," the FBI agent wrote in his affidavit. Roske then called 911 and told a dispatcher his name, and that he was having suicidal thoughts and that he also had a gun in his suitcase, the affidavit said. He then walked down the street after seeing the marshals, that affidavit says. marshals standing outside Kavanaugh's residence, who noted he was dressed in black clothing and carrying a suitcase and backpack, the affidavit said. in front of Kavanaugh's home in Chevy Chase, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Roske arrived in a taxi Wednesday morning at about 1:05 a.m.
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