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Sheila Jackson Lee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Abigail Jo Shry, of Alvin, Texas, is charged with transmitting a threat to injure a person via interstate commerce after being accused of making a threatening call to Chutkan&#8217;s chambers in Washington D.C. on Aug. 5, according to an affidavit, which was <a href=\"\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.txsd.1929657\/gov.uscourts.txsd.1929657.1.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">filed in federal court on Aug. 11<\/a> and made public Wednesday by Bloomberg Law.<\/p>\n<p>The document, signed by Special Agent Joshua Henry with the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s Federal Protective Service, alleges that Shry began the message by saying &#8220;Hey you stupid slave [N-word],&#8221; before threatening the life of anyone pursuing Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The message included a direct threat to kill Rep. Lee, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-democrat-representative-sheila-jackson-lee-announces-run-houston-mayor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Democrat running for mayor<\/a> in Houston, &#8220;all Democrats in Washington D.C. and all people in the LGBTQ community,&#8221; the affidavit revealed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/judge-sides-trump-protective-order-2020-election-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JUDGE CHUTKAN DELIVERS MIXED RULING ON TRUMP PROTECTIVE ORDER IN 2020 ELECTION CASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donald-Trump-Tanya-Chutkan.jpg\" source=\"AP Images\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/640\/320\/Donald-Trump-Tanya-Chutkan.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former President Donald J. Trump and Judge Tanya Chutkan in a split image\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">Texas woman Abigail Jo Shry is facing charges after allegedly leaving a voicemail threatening to kill U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan for her oversight in Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s case against former President Donald Trump.<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File\/United States Courts)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the message intended for Chutkan, Shry allegedly continued the threats by saying: &#8220;You are in our sights, we want to kill you. \u2026 We want to kill Sheila Jackson Lee. \u2026 If Trump doesn&#8217;t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you, so tread lightly, b&#8212;-. \u2026 You will be targeted personally, publicly, your family, all of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Investigators were able to trace the message back to a phone owned by Shry and, on Aug. 8, Homeland Security special agents went to her home in southeast Texas for questioning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During the conversation, Shry stated the phone belonged to her and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted to making the threatening call,<\/a> the affidavit showed. She allegedly added that she had no plans of traveling to D.C. or Houston to carry out the threats, but said they would &#8220;need to worry&#8221; if Lee visits Alvin.<\/p>\n<p>Shry was ordered to be detained on Wednesday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sam Sheldon of the Southern District of Texas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-team-ordered-respond-special-counsel-jack-smiths-protective-order-filing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP TEAM ORDERED TO RESPOND TO SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH&#8217;S PROTECTIVE ORDER FILING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chutkan, an Obama appointee, has earned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dc-judge-assigned-trump-jan-6-case-labeled-toughest-punisher-capitol-riot-cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reputation as the &#8220;toughest punisher&#8221;<\/a> in cases related to Jan. 6. The Associated Press reported that she has &#8220;consistently taken the hardest line against Jan. 6 defendants of any judge serving on Washington\u2019s federal trial court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/judge-tanya-chutkan.jpg\" source=\"Fox News\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/640\/320\/judge-tanya-chutkan.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Judge Tanya Chutkan\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">Chutkan, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, has earned a reputation as the &#8220;toughest punisher&#8221; in cases related to Jan. 6, according to The Associated Press.<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(US Marshal Service)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The former president has publicly spoken out against Chutkan overseeing the case against him, accusing her of being &#8220;highly partisan&#8221; and &#8220;VERY BIASED &#038; UNFAIR!&#8221; on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump faces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\/federal-courts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charges of conspiracy<\/a> to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights, which stem from Smith\u2019s investigation into 2020 election interference and the Capitol Riot on Jan. 6, 2021. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Jack Smith has gratuitously thrown Jan. 6 into the trial: Andy McCarthy &#8216;Your World&#8217; panelists Tom Dupree and Andy McCarthy discuss former President Donald Trump&#8217;s legal team weighing a change of venue motion in the January 6 case and the possibility the federal trial is televised.\u00a0 A Texas woman is behind bars after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5391,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions\/5391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}