Nicholas Roske, man accused of trying to kill Brett Kavanaugh, intends to plead guilty, court documents show

Nicholas Roske of California, who was found outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home with weapons in 2022, intends to plead guilty to a federal charge of attempting to assassinate a justice of the United States, court filings obtained by CBS News revealed.

According to a submission Wednesday afternoon from Roske's defense attorney, "Mr. Roske wishes to plead guilty to the one-count Indictment pending against him."

A plea hearing could be scheduled for as early as Monday in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland.