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.
