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A Texas woman is facing charges after she allegedly threatened to kill the federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, The Hill reports.
Abigail Jo Shry is accused of making a threatening call to Judge Tanya Chutkan’s chambers on August 5, days after Trump was indicted in the 2020 election case. According to court documents, Shry called Chutkan a racial slur before threatening to kill anyone who goes after Trump, all Democrats in Washington, including Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who is set to run for the local election in Houston, and members of the LGBTQ community.
"You are in our sights, we want to kill you,” Shry allegedly told Chutkan during the call.
Prosecutors said Shry also declared: “If Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you."
Investigators went to Shry's home in Alvin, Texas where she admitted that she made the phone call. Shry said she wasn't planning to go to Washington D.C. or Houston to carry out her threats but if Lee comes to Alvin, investigators should be worried.
The Texas woman was ordered to jail on Wednesday (August 16), with a federal judge citing that keeping her in custody will “reasonably assure the safety of any other person and the community.”
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