A Texas woman, Abigail Jo Shry, has been apprehended on charges of issuing violent threats against U.
S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan and Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who are involved in an election fraud case against former President Donald Trump.
Federal prosecutors have alleged that Shry, a resident of Alvin, Texas, left a threatening voicemail on August 5. The criminal complaint reveals that Shry confessed to leaving the menacing voicemail after investigators successfully traced the call back to her.
The message reportedly commenced with a derogatory term, followed by a racial slur. Shry is then alleged to have threatened to murder those opposing Trump, including "all Democrats in Washington D.C. and all people in the LGBTQ community," along with Judge Chutkan and Rep. Lee.
The prosecutors quoted Shry as saying, You are in our sights, we want to kill you. If Trump doesnt get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you, so tread lightly, b****.
Judge Chutkan, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama in 2014, is presiding over the case against Trump concerning his purported attempts to reverse the official outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Shry is facing one count of transmitting a threat to injure another person. If found guilty, she could be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison.
During a hearing on Monday, Magistrate Judge Sam S. Sheldon ordered that Shry be detained without bond. He highlighted that she had previously been accused of similar behavior. Sheldon noted that Shry was out on bond for a charge of misdemeanor threat causing fear of imminent serious bodily injury when she allegedly made the threatening call to Judge Chutkan.
In a recent hearing, Judge Chutkan cautioned Trump's attorneys against making "inflammatory" statements in the media that could potentially jeopardize the trial process. Addressing Trump's lawyer, John Lauro, Chutkan stated, I caution you and your client to take special care in your public statements about this case. I will take whatever measures are necessary to safeguard the integrity of these proceedings.
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