A Texas woman has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Trump’s January 6 case in D.C. court.
DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston warned that any form of political violence cannot be taken „lightly“ in response to reports of a Texas woman facing federal charges, accused of threatening to kill U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
Abigail Jo Shry, 43, has been charged with one count of transmitting a threat to injure another person after telling Department of Homeland Security agents that she was behind a threatening voicemail left at Chutkan’s chambers in Washington, D.C., federal authorities said.
Chutkan, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, is overseeing the federal case against ex-President Donald Trump in which the 2024 GOP front-runner is facing four criminal counts related to his alleged efforts to remain in office after losing the 2020 election.
According to court documents, Shry called Chutkan’s chambers on August 5 and „threatened to kill anyone who went after former President Trump,“ specifically listing the district judge and Democratic Texas Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, who are both Black women. Shry also reportedly began her damning voicemail by referring to Chutkan as a „stupid slave,“ followed by a racial slur, read the documents.
While speaking to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Wednesday night, Boston noted her concern for anyone involved in the high-profile court cases surrounding Trump, telling Hayes, „We cannot afford to take any overture of political violence lightly anymore in 2023.
