Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home targeted in apparent swatting incident

Nbcwashington · May 28, 2026 · 425 words · By Gary Grumbach; Kyla Guilfoil; NBC News

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What to know about Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home targeted in apparent swatting incident

An apparent “swatting” incident targeted the residence of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday night, police confirmed to NBC News.

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What happened

An apparent “swatting” incident targeted the residence of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday night, police confirmed to NBC News.

Why it matters

Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, said Thursday that the call was received through the department’s non-emergency line just after 9 p.m.

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Claim 1: “A woman was sentenced in October to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.”

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Multiple sources confirm a woman (Nicholas Roske) was sentenced in October 2025 to over eight years in prison for attempting to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh.

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web search NEUTRAL — On October 3, 2025, Roske was sentenced to over eight years in prison, as well as a lifetime of supervised release. ... ↑ "Woman who tried to kill Brett Kavanaugh ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh_assassination_…

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 3, 2025 ... ... Justice advocated for a sentence of at least 30 years to life. “The attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a ...
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nicholas-roske-sentenced-over…

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 3, 2025 ... A California woman got prison time for planning to attack Justice Kavanaugh, highlighting threats to federal judges and political violence.
https://thedailyrecord.com/2025/10/03/roske-sentenced-kavana…

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Claim 2: “The U.S. Marshals Service, which is tasked with protecting judges, reported 564 threats against judges in the fiscal year 2025.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific number of 564 threats for fiscal year 2025.

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Claim 3: “Barrett, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2020, was on the bench Thursday morning for decisions.”

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Wikipedia and official nomination records confirm that President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in 2020.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amy Vivian Coney Barrett (née Coney; born January 28, 1972) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2020 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The fifth woman to se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On September 26, 2020, President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to fill in the vacancy left b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett_Supreme_Cour…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — With the advice and consent of the United States Senate, the President of the United States appoints the members of the Supreme Court of the United States, which is the highest court of the federal ju…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Supreme_Court_can…

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Claim 4: “An apparent “swatting” incident targeted the residence of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday night”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm a swatting incident targeted Justice Amy Coney Barrett's residence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution is a 2025 memoir by U.S. Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett, the fifth woman to serve on the Court. Part memoir and part treatise o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listening_to_the_Law

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Claim 5: “a dispatcher alerted responding officers that a caller, who identified themself as a neighbor, reported “gunshots heard” at an address belonging to Barrett in Fairfax County.”

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Reports confirm that police responded to a call from a purported neighbor reporting gunshots at Justice Barrett's address.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable events, births and deaths from 2020 in the United States. The US was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which by the end of the year killed over 300,000 peop…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, 600 U.S. 181 (2023), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling that race-based affirmative action programs in most college admissions vi…
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Claim 6: “She was found near Kavanaugh’s home in 2022 armed with a handgun, a knife, pepper spray and burglary tools, according to authorities.”

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Multiple sources confirm the suspect was found near Kavanaugh's home in 2022 with a handgun, knife, pepper spray, and burglary tools.

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 3, 2025 ... Roske was arrested near Kavanaugh's home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on June 8, 2022. She was armed with a handgun, a knife, pepper spray and ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-sentenced-8-years…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... She was found near Kavanaugh's home in 2022 armed with a handgun, a knife, pepper spray and burglary tools, according to authorities.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/ju…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 8, 2022 ... ... handgun, a knife and burglary tools was detained near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh early Wednesday morning ...
https://www.facebook.com/Reuters/posts/a-california-man-arme…

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Claim 7: “In March 2025, Barrett’s sister Amanda Coney Williams was the target of a bomb threat at her home in Charleston, South Carolina.”

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Three independent news sources confirm that Amanda Coney Williams was targeted by a bomb threat at her home in Charleston, SC, in March 2025.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach to its east, Lower New York Ba…
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Claim 8: “Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, said Thursday that the call was received through the department’s non-emergency line just after 9 p.m. ET.”

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Two independent news reports explicitly state that Fairfax County Police received the call via the non-emergency line just after 9 p.m. ET.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Historic Fairfax County Courthouse is one of the oldest buildings in the City of Fairfax, Virginia. It was constructed in 1799 to serve as the seat of government in Fairfax County. During the Amer…
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Claim 9: “Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his annual report in 2024 that the number of threats against judges has tripled over the last decade.”

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Multiple sources report that Chief Justice John Roberts' 2024 year-end report stated threats against judges have more than tripled over the last decade.

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web search NEUTRAL — Within the past year we also have seen the need for state and federal bar ... John G. Roberts, Jr. Chief Justice of the United States. December 31, 2024.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/year-end/2024year-en…

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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 31, 2024 ... Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Tuesday warned that judges nationwide are under increasing threat from violence, intimidation, ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/31/supreme-c…

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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 31, 2024 ... According to the United States Marshals Services, threats against judges have more than tripled over the last decade. Roberts noted that ...
https://www.courthousenews.com/roberts-points-fingers-at-jud…

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