Texas woman charged after threatening to kill federal judge overseeing election case against Trump: affidavit

A Texas woman is behind bars after allegedly threatening to kill U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan – the federal judge overseeing Special Counsel Jack Smith's 2020 election conspiracy case against former President Donald Trump – and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.

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's chambers in Washington D.C. on Aug. 5, according to an affidavit, which was filed in federal court on Aug. 11 and made public Wednesday by Bloomberg Law.

The document, signed by Special Agent Joshua Henry with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service, alleges that Shry began the message by saying "Hey you stupid slave [N-word]," before threatening the life of anyone pursuing Trump.

The message included a direct threat to kill Rep. Lee, a Texas Democrat running for mayor in Houston, "all Democrats in Washington D.C. and all people in the LGBTQ community," the affidavit revealed.

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In the message intended for Chutkan, Shry allegedly continued the threats by saying: "You are in our sights, we want to kill you. … We want to kill Sheila Jackson Lee. … If Trump doesn't get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you, so tread lightly, b----. … You will be targeted personally, publicly, your family, all of it."

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.

During the conversation, Shry stated the phone belonged to her and admitted to making the threatening call, 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 "need to worry" if Lee visits Alvin.

Shry was ordered to be detained on Wednesday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sam Sheldon of the Southern District of Texas.

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Chutkan, an Obama appointee, has earned a reputation as the "toughest punisher" in cases related to Jan. 6. The Associated Press reported that she has "consistently taken the hardest line against Jan. 6 defendants of any judge serving on Washington’s federal trial court."

The former president has publicly spoken out against Chutkan overseeing the case against him, accusing her of being "highly partisan" and "VERY BIASED & UNFAIR!" on social media platforms.

Trump faces charges of conspiracy 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’s investigation into 2020 election interference and the Capitol Riot on Jan. 6, 2021. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

On this day in history, August 17, 1945, George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' is published

The political fable, "Animal Farm," written by visionary George Orwell, was published on this day in history, Aug. 17, 1945. 

The plot of "Animal Farm" is based on the story of the Russian Revolution and its betrayal by Joseph Stalin and is deemed an allegory, according to Britannica.com

The novella tells the story of a group of barnyard animals that overthrow and chase off their exploitative human masters — and set up an egalitarian society of their own, the same source chronicles.

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As "Animal Farm" opens, Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is intoxicated and heading to bed. 

"The animals gather in the barn as Old Major, a boar, tells them that he has thought about the brutal lives that the farm animals lead under human bondage and is convinced that a rebellion must come soon," notes Encyclopedia.com. 

Eventually the "power-loving leaders, the pigs, subvert the revolution and form a dictatorship whose bondage is even more oppressive and heartless than that of their former human masters," Britannica.com outlined. 

The book’s original book jacket describes the book in these words: "In this good-natured satire upon dictatorship, George Orwell makes use of the technique perfected by Swift in ‘The Tale of a Tub.’ It is the history of a revolution that went wrong — and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for each perversion of the original doctrine," recounted The Orwell Society.

Orwell finished writing the draft, originally subtitled "A Fairy Story," in the summer of 1944, according to the British Library’s official website. 

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After a number of publishers rejected the book, "Animal Farm" was finally published in August 1945, the same source indicated.

Orwell is noted as saying in his essay, "Why I Write," that "Animal Farm" was the first book in which he tried "to fuse political and artistic purpose into one whole," according to multiple sources. 

Analysis of the plot line explores themes of authoritarianism and corruption. 

"Orwell uses the setting of an animal uprising against their human masters on an English farm as an indirect representation of the 1917 Russian Revolution and the totalitarian Stalinist era to follow," Carnegie Mellon University stated.

"The work explores and comments on the dangers of authoritarian control and the cult of personality inherent within it, and reminds us that even the noblest of causes can be subverted by power and greed."

It’s described as an "allegorical fairy tale on the dangers of authoritarianism and how "absolute power corrupts absolutely," the same source cited.

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Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903, in India. 

He was the son of a British colonial civil servant and was educated in England, according to the BBC. 

He took the name Orwell in the 1930s. 

His writing credits include several nonfiction and fiction works. 

Orwell is also known for the book "1984," a story about political oppression in a dystopian society. 

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Orwell died of tuberculosis on Jan. 21, 1950.

"Animal Farm" has become a classic of modern literature. 

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The book is studied around the world, and it’s been adapted into several films and stage productions. 

Its themes and characters and have become part of the world’s cultural lexicon, according to The Mentoring Club. 

"The book's final message, that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, remains as relevant today as it was when Orwell wrote it," the same source said.

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