Texas woman charged after threatening to kill federal judge overseeing election case against Trump: affidavitAbigail Jo Shry admitted she made the call during questioning at her Alvin, Texas, home, an affidavit revealed
A Texas woman is behind bars after allegedly threatening to kill U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan the federal judge overseeing Special Counsel Jack Smith's 2020 election conspiracy case against former President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.Abigail Jo Shry, of Alvin, Texas, is charged with transmitting a threat to injure a person via interstate commerce after being accused of making a threatening call to Chutkan's chambers in Washington D.C. on Aug. 5, according to an affidavit, which was
filed in federal court on Aug. 11 and made public Wednesday by Bloomberg Law.
The document, signed by Special Agent Joshua Henry with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service, alleges
that Shry began the message by saying "Hey you stupid slave [N-word]," before threatening the life of anyone pursuing Trump.The message included
a direct threat to kill Rep. Lee, a Texas Democrat running for mayor in Houston, "all Democrats in Washington D.C. and all people in the LGBTQ community," the affidavit revealed.In the message intended for Chutkan, Shry allegedly continued the threats by saying:
"You are in our sights, we want to kill you. … We want to kill Sheila Jackson Lee. … If Trump doesn't get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you, so tread lightly, b----. … You will be targeted personally, publicly, your family, all of it."Investigators were able to trace the message back to a phone owned by Shry and, on Aug. 8, Homeland Security special agents went to her home in southeast Texas for questioning.
During the conversation, Shry stated the phone belonged to her and
admitted to making the threatening call, the affidavit showed. She allegedly added that she had no plans of traveling to D.C. or Houston to carry out the threats, but said
they would "need to worry" if Lee visits Alvin.Chutkan, an Obama appointee, has earned a
reputation as the "toughest punisher" in cases related to Jan. 6. The Associated Press reported that she has "consistently taken the hardest line against Jan. 6 defendants of any judge serving on Washington's federal trial court."
The former president has publicly spoken out against Chutkan overseeing the case against him, accusing her of being "highly partisan" and "VERY BIASED & UNFAIR!" on social media platforms.
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