Federal grand jury indictment reveals new details in attack on Paul Pelosi
The new indictment against two brothers in this case expands the number of charges against them to include conspiracy to murder as well as the use of firearms in furtherance of a crime and other weapons charges.
A grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday reveals details of the case against two brothers, John and Chris Roshon, and the alleged plot to kill the Democratic National Committee chairman.
Prosecutors describe in the unsealed indictment new details of the investigation and the alleged plan to attack a Paul Pelosi hotel room in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7, 2016.
On the night of Dec. 7, 2016, the brothers allegedly conspired with a close associate to kill Pelosi for his role in the 2016 presidential election, according to the indictment.
Pelosi was not the target of the plot, but authorities allege she was still a danger to the Roshon brothers, who were charged in the plot with conspiring to use or discharge a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, assault with a dangerous weapon, and attempting to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce.
A spokesperson for the Roshons told Mic there’s “no comment on the indictment.”
The Roshon brothers’ attorney did not respond to Mic’s request for comment.
The Roshons were arrested in April, 2016, at their home in McLean, Virginia.
The indictment does not name the alleged conspirator. But the indictment indicates that the associate was an acquaintance of John Roshon.
“John Roshon believed that the associate, and others who conspired with him to murder Pelosi, were members of a violent criminal organization, and that this violent criminal organization was working to destroy the 2016 United States election by assassinating Democratic National Committee chairman’s Paul Pelosi (Pelosi),” the indictment alleges.
“By the summer of 2017, when John Roshon learned that an associate of his and Chris Roshon’s had been the planner of the 2016 U.S. presidential