Armed man arrested near Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home 

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A man was arrested after having told police he wanted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

A man was arrested after having told police he wanted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

An armed man was detained by authorities outside of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home and told officers he wanted to kill the conservative jurist, it was reported on Wednesday.

He was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Supreme Court spokesperson Patricia McCabe confirmed to DailyMail.com in a statement. 

‘At approximately 1:50 a.m. today, a man was arrested near Justice Kavanaugh’s residence. The man was armed and made threats against Justice Kavanaugh. He was transported to Montgomery County Police 2nd District,’ she said. 

The individual was carrying a handgun, knife and pepper spray when he was stopped on a street near the Justice’s Maryland home, CNBC reported, where he lives with his wife and two young daughters.

It follows a string of protests across the country over abortion rights – including outside of Supreme Court justices’ homes – that has also seen churches, pro-life centers and abortion clinics come under attack from those with opposing views.

Initial findings indicate the suspect himself was angry about the draft opinion leaked last month that indicated the Supreme Court could be poised to overturn federal abortion protections.

The suspect, allegedly in his mid-20s, was reportedly detained after making a threat against Kavanaugh’s life to police officers.

People familiar with the investigation told the Washington Post that the man was also upset over the recent slew of mass shootings across the country that’s claimed dozens of lives in recent weeks.

Police were reportedly notified of the potential threat beforehand though no details were immediately available about the tip.

DailyMail.com has reached out to the Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland for comment. 

The man was arrested on a street nearby Kavanaugh's Maryland home, where his wife and daughters also live

The man was arrested on a street nearby Kavanaugh’s Maryland home, where his wife and daughters also live

Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the court under Donald Trump ignited a firestorm of controversy after he was accused of sexual assault by a former high school acquaintance. 

Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made an ominous warning to Kavanaugh in relation to abortion rights in March 2020.

‘I want to tell you Kavanaugh…You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions,’ Schumer said. 

He’s one of three justices Trump added to the court to form its conservative supermajority at a time when it is facing its most politically-charged docket in decades. 

Tensions have run high on both sides of the aisle ever since Politico published the leaked opinion draft indicating that the high court’s conservative majority considered siding with Mississippi officials in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.

The state had asked the court to lower the abortion limit to 15 weeks before asking the court to scuttle those protections granted by Roe v. Wade altogether. 

Growing animosity between pro-life and pro-choice factions were among the reasons that forced the Department of Homeland Security to issue a ‘heightened threat advisory’ warning of increased violent incidents caused by extremist groups and lone wolf actors. 

Kavanaugh's home had been among those targeted by peaceful protests in the wake of the bombshell Supreme Court leak (pictured: an abortion rights demonstration outside of Kavanaugh's Chevy Chase, Maryland home on May 18)

Kavanaugh’s home had been among those targeted by peaceful protests in the wake of the bombshell Supreme Court leak (pictured: an abortion rights demonstration outside of Kavanaugh’s Chevy Chase, Maryland home on May 18)

The suspect was among the millions of people who are angry about the possibility of the Supreme Court overturning federal abortion protections

The suspect was among the millions of people who are angry about the possibility of the Supreme Court overturning federal abortion protections

‘Given a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case about abortion rights, individuals who advocate both for and against abortion have, on public forums, encouraged violence, including against government, religious, and reproductive healthcare personnel and facilities, as well as those with opposing ideologies,’ it stated. 

Earlier this week a pro-life group’s offices was firebombed and graffiti’d by arsonists in a suburb of Buffalo, New York. 

Around the same time, an abortion clinic was vandalized in North Carolina. 

Initial fallout from the leaked memo involved peaceful demonstrations outside of the Supreme Court and even outside of justices’ homes – which Republican lawmakers warned could lead to violence against the jurists themselves.

After mounting pressure over its silence the Biden administration was finally forced to issue a statement endorsing the ‘Constitutional right to protest’ while also issuing a condemnation for ‘violence, threats or vandalism.’

‘Judges perform an incredibly important function in our society, and they must be able to do their jobs without concern for their personal safety,’ said Jen Psaki, President Joe Biden’s press secretary at the time.

Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell denounced the ‘disturbing’ incident and blamed other public figures’ ‘unhinged, reckless, apocalyptic rhetoric’ in an indirect jab at Democrats’ outrage over the Roe draft. 

McConnell directed the most blame toward the leak itself, which Republicans for weeks have decried as the utmost breach of institutional trust. 

He called the threat on Kavanaugh’s safety ‘exactly the kind of event that many feared that the terrible breach of the court’s rules and norms could fuel.’

The Kentucky Republican demanded that House Democrats pass a Senate bill aimed at enhancing police protection for Justices amid the leak’s fallout.

‘House Democrats need to stop their multi-week blockade against the Supreme Court security bill and pass it before the sun sets today,’ he said. 



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