The woman left multiple voicemails for the Trump-appointed judge, and prosecutors said she has a history of “delusional conduct.”
A woman in Texas was arrested last week after allegedly making multiple death threats against a federal district judge who appointed a special master to review documents the government seized at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate, one of a growing number of recent threats made against federal judges.
A hearing will take place on Tuesday on the government’s request to evaluate Gish’s competency.
Cannon has drawn criticism for her ruling ordering a third-party special master to review the more than 11,000 documents seized at Mar-A-Lago and determine whether any are shielded by attorney-client or executive privilege—the latter of which is controversial, given that the federal government argues documents can’t be shielded under executive privilege by the actual executive branch.
