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Texas Woman Facing Charges After Allegedly Threatening Judge Overseeing Trump Indictment Case

Woman in handcuffs. This image does not depict the woman mentioned in the story. [Ioannis Pantzi/Shutterstock]

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Gretchen Clayson Reporter
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A Texas woman is facing charges after allegedly threatening a federal judge in Washington, D.C. who was selected to oversee the case.

Abigail Jo Shry was arrested earlier in August after allegedly leaving a racist and threatening voicemail for Judge Tanya Chutkan who was assigned to oversee one of Trump’s indictment cases. In addition to Chutkan, Shry allegedly threatened to kill anyone who attacked Trump, including Democratic Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, all Democrats in Washington, D.C., and all people in the LGBTQ community, according to a criminal complaint.

“If Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you – so tread lightly, bitch. You will be targeted personally, publicly, your family all of it,” Shry allegedly stated.


Three days later, officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrived at Shry’s home in Alvin, Texas where she reportedly admitted to making the call. Shry reportedly told agents she had no plans to travel to Washington, D.C. or Houston – the city Lee represents – to carry out any of her threats, telling agents they only needed to worry if Lee showed up in Alvin, the criminal complaint stated. (RELATED: Secret Service ‘Aware’ Of Antifa Threats To Murder Trump)

Shry was arrested and detained after officials determined she “knowingly and willingly” violated federal law namely the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of any communication containing a threat to injure the person of another,” the complaint stated.

A detention hearing was held Tuesday where a Texas federal judge ordered that Shry be detained pending her trial, CBS News reported.