Authorities captured an armed man outside of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home on Wednesday, who claimed officers he planned to kill the conservative jurist.
In a statement, Supreme Court spokesman Patricia McCabe confirmed that he was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
‘At around 1:50 a.m., a.m., a man was apprehended today near Justice Kavanaugh’s home. The individual was armed and threatened to kill Justice Kavanaugh. ‘He was taken to the 2nd District of Montgomery County Police,’ she stated.
According to CNBC, the man was stopped on a roadway near the Justice’s Maryland home, where he lives with his wife and two young girls, carrying a firearm, knife, and pepper spray.
It comes after a wave of anti-abortion protests across the country, including outside the homes of Supreme Court justices, as well as attacks on churches, pro-life institutions, and abortion facilities by opponents.
According to preliminary investigations, the suspect was enraged by a draft opinion released last month that suggested the Supreme Court was on the verge of overturning federal abortion safeguards.
The guy, who is said to be in his mid-20s, was apprehended after allegedly threatening Kavanaugh’s life to police officers.
According to people acquainted with the inquiry, the individual was also outraged over the recent spate of mass shootings throughout the country, which have taken dozens of lives in recent weeks.
Police were apparently alerted of the potential threat ahead of time, however no details regarding the information were immediately available.
The Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland has been contacted for comment by DailyMail.com.
According to preliminary investigations, the suspect was enraged by a draft opinion released last month that suggested the Supreme Court was on the verge of overturning federal abortion safeguards.
The guy, who is said to be in his mid-20s, was apprehended after allegedly threatening Kavanaugh’s life to police officers.
According to people acquainted with the inquiry, the individual was also outraged over the recent spate of mass shootings throughout the country, which have taken dozens of lives in recent weeks.
Police were apparently alerted of the potential threat ahead of time, however no details regarding the information were immediately available.
The Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland has been contacted for comment by DailyMail.com.
‘In light of a high-profile U.S. Individuals who advocate for and against abortion have, in public forums, promoted violence, including against government, religious, and reproductive healthcare staff and facilities, as well as those with opposing ideas,’ it noted in a Supreme Court decision about abortion rights.
Arsonists firebombed and gratified a pro-life organization’s offices in a Buffalo suburb earlier this week.
In North Carolina, an abortion clinic was vandalized around the same time.
The leaked document sparked peaceful protests outside the Supreme Court and even outside the homes of justices, which Republican politicians warned may lead to violence against the jurists themselves.
The Biden administration was finally obliged to publish a statement affirming the ‘Constitutional right to demonstrate,’ as well as condemning ‘violence, threats, or vandalism,’ after rising pressure over its silence.
‘Judges serve an enormously important role in our society, and they must be free to do their duties without fear of personal harm,’ said Jen Psaki, then-press secretary for Vice President Joe Biden.
Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, blasted the “disturbing” episode, blaming other public figures’ “unhinged, dangerous, apocalyptic speech” in an apparent shot at Democrats’ outrage over the Roe text.
The leak, which Republicans have been decrying as the ultimate betrayal of institutional trust for weeks, received the most criticism from McConnell.
‘Exactly the kind of occurrence that many feared the egregious breakdown of the court’s rules and norms could foment,’ he said of the threat to Kavanaugh’s safety.
In the aftermath of the leak, the Kentucky Republican insisted that House Democrats support a Senate bill aimed at improving police protection for Justices.
‘House Democrats must end their multi-week obstruction of the Supreme Court security bill and pass it today before the sun sets,’ he said.