A Texas woman named Abigail Jo Shry is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to kill the judge overseeing the election fraud case involving the late President Donald Trump. 

Federal investigators claim that Abigail Jo Shry from Alvin, Texas, left a threatening voicemail on August 5th in a criminal complaint that was presented on Friday. She threatened to murder Democratic Texas Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan. She also allegedly threatened a Democratic congressman, according to the accusations.

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Who is Abigail Jo Shry?

Abigail Jo Shry is a resident of Alvin, Texas. According to the complaint, Shry, the defendant, admitted to DHS investigators that she left a voicemail containing graphic threats. The voicemail started off with insulting language, moved on to a racist slur, and turned violent with threatening to harm anybody connected to the investigation into former President Donald Trump.

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In a voicemail, she allegedly said, “If Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you, so tread lightly. You will be targeted personally, publicly, your family, all of it”

She is charged with one count of sending a threat with the intent to injure another person in the complaint. This offense carries a maximum five-year jail penalty and is considered a felony. According to the complaint, she admitted to making the threatening call but said she had no plans to go to Houston or Washington, D.C., to carry out the threats she had made.

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Following a preliminary detention hearing, a federal judge in Texas decided on Monday that Shry should be held without bond. According to the detention order granted by Magistrate Judge Sam S. Sheldon, Shry has a history of being charged four times in the last year for acting in a similar manner. This background included at least two situations where she was found guilty and sentenced to a 30-day jail term.