A recent arrest in Texas has drawn attention as Abigail Jo Shry faces charges after allegedly leaving a menacing voicemail for Judge Tanya Chutkan.
The voicemail, characterized as both threatening and racist, was received by Chutkan, who is presiding over the Justice Department’s case on former President Donald Trump’s alleged election interference, according to CBS News.
“You are in our sights, we want to kill you,” the voicemail reportedly warned.
In a further threat, Shry is alleged to have stated, “if Trump were not to be elected president in 2024, “we are coming to kill you,” and “you will be targeted personally, publicly, your family, all of it.”
Notably, Chutkan wasn’t the sole recipient of Shry’s threats.
The voicemail also contained alarming threats towards Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, and the wider LGBTQ community.
A mere three days after the voicemail’s transmission, Department of Homeland Security special agents paid a visit to Shry’s residence in Alvin, a city within the Houston metropolitan area.
During their visit, court documents indicate that Shry confessed to making the troubling call.
Despite her threats towards Chutkan, Shry allegedly informed agents that she had no intentions of traveling to D.C., yet ominously added, “if Lee comes to Alvin, then we need to worry.”
Following these developments, Shry was taken into custody.
She now faces federal charges pertaining to the transmission of communication that contains threats of injury.
A Texas federal judge has since decreed that she be held in custody as she awaits her trial.
Requests for comments sent to Shry’s public defender remained unanswered.
Additionally, the federal court in Washington, D.C. opted to refrain from commenting on the matter.
It’s worth noting that this incident unfolds against the backdrop of Trump’s indictment by a D.C. federal grand jury on charges connected to his alleged attempts to reverse the 2020 election’s outcome.
Chutkan, who has been involved in various Jan 6 Capitol insurrection-related cases, recently implemented a protective order that restricts the access and dissemination of specific “sensitive” content in the ongoing case.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump expressed his criticism of Judge Chutkan, describing her as “very unbiased & unfair,” CBS notes.
Moreover, this incident is merely one in a series of legal challenges Trump faces.
A recent indictment from the Fulton County district attorney in Georgia marks the fourth criminal case against the former president, accusing him and 18 accomplices of trying to undermine the 2020 election results.
