On Friday, Biden-appointed Choose Deborah Boardman sentenced Supreme Court docket Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s would-be murderer Nicholas Roske to eight years in jail, lower than one-third of the account sought by federal prosecutors, as a result of Nicholas now goes by Sophie. The next day, CBS Saturday Morning and NBC’s As we speak each ignored Boardman’s pro-trans purpose for a lighter sentence, whereas ABC’s Good Morning America didn’t cowl the story in any respect.
Ensuring she acquired all her pronouns politically appropriate, co-host CBS’s Dana Jacobson reported, “A decide has sentenced a California resident who tried to assassinate Supreme Court docket Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Sophie Roske will spend eight years in jail adopted by a lifetime of courtroom supervision. In 2022, she took a taxi within the nighttime to Kavanaugh’s Maryland dwelling. She had a gun, knife, and zip ties. Two U.S. Marshals had been guarding the home. Roske dialed 911 and mentioned she wanted psychiatric assist. Prosecutors sought a minimal 30 years in jail. The Justice Division mentioned it intends to attraction.”
In accordance with The Day by day Wire, “Boardman lashed out at prosecutors and President Donald Trump, saying ‘Let’s not disguise the truth that President Trump issued an govt order saying transgender inmates could be assigned to prisons with their organic intercourse.’”
She additionally appeared in charge Roske’s mother and father, “Ms. Roske got here out to herself as transgender in 2020 however saved it secret. Ms. Roske’s sister got here out as homosexual two years prior however Ms. Roske noticed that their mother and father struggled to reconcile her sexuality with their non secular beliefs.”
In the meantime, again at NBC, co-host Peter Alexander likewise omitted these particulars, “We need to get to the headlines proper now as we start this half an hour, the lady who plotted to assassinate Supreme Court docket Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sentenced to eight years in jail on Friday. Sophie Roske was arrested close to Kavanaugh’s Washington dwelling in June of 2022, that’s after her legal professional says she modified her thoughts in a taxi whereas on the way in which and referred to as 911 to flip herself in. Roske spoke in courtroom Friday, apologizing to Kavanaugh, and saying she regretted her actions. The legal professional common, Pam Bondi, now blasting the sentence, saying it is not lengthy sufficient and promising an attraction.”
It wasn’t that way back that political violence was the primary story on this nation, however now the three predominant broadcast networks are refusing to inform their audiences {that a} would-be Supreme Court docket murderer acquired a light-weight jail sentence as a result of the presiding decide doesn’t just like the president’s coverage that inmates must be despatched to a jail that matches their organic intercourse.
Listed here are transcripts for the October 4 reveals:
CBS Saturday Morning
10/4/2025
8:21 AM ET
DANA JACOBSON: A decide has sentenced a California resident who tried to assassinate Supreme Court docket Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Sophie Roske will spend eight years in jail adopted by a lifetime of courtroom supervision. In 2022, she took a taxi within the nighttime to Kavanaugh’s Maryland dwelling. She had a gun, knife and zip ties. Two U.S. Marshals had been guarding the home. Roske dialed 911 and mentioned she wanted psychiatric assist. Prosecutors sought a minimal 30 years in jail. The justice division mentioned it intends to attraction.
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NBC As we speak
10/4/2025
7:31 AM ET
PETER ALEXANDER: We need to get to the headlines proper now as we start this half an hour, the lady who plotted to assassinate Supreme Court docket Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sentenced to eight years in jail on Friday. Sophie Roske was arrested close to Kavanaugh’s Washington dwelling in June of 2022, that’s after her legal professional says she modified her thoughts in taxi whereas on the way in which and referred to as 911 to show herself in. Roske spoke in courtroom Friday, apologizing to Kavanaugh, and saying she regretted her actions. The legal professional common, Pam Bondi, now blasting the sentence, saying it is not lengthy sufficient and promising an attraction.
