'She sits on her couch daily watching the news': Jan. 6 rioter who threatened to kill Trump judge is worried her son will be drafted while she's in prison

A Capitol rioter from Texas who threatened the national justice overseeing the now-dismissed case against President Donald Trump implicit his alleged relation successful the Jan. 6 Capitol attack — and besides near a racist connection for a U.S. Representative — is headed to prison.

Abigail Jo Shry, 45, received a situation condemnation of 27 months, tribunal records say. Shry appeared stunned astatine the sentence, according to a courtroom study from CBS News. She reportedly said she had "a fearfulness of her 17-year-old lad being drafted into a warfare for her actions" though the draught ended implicit 50 years ago.

In November 2024, Shry pleaded guilty to transmission successful interstate commerce containing a menace to injure the idiosyncratic of another.

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On Aug. 5, 2023, Shry called the chambers of U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was overseeing Trump's Jan. 6 lawsuit successful Washington, D.C., and near a threatening connection connected the voicemail, according to a national complaint. Per the feds, Shry started by saying, "Hey you anserine enslaved n—" and proceeded to endanger anyone who went aft Trump on with each Democrats successful Washington, D.C., and each LGBTQ people. She besides threatened Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died past year.

Shry made the pursuing statements:

• "You are successful our sights, we privation to termination you."
• "If Trump doesn't get elected successful 2024, we are coming to termination you, truthful tread lightly, b—."
• "You volition beryllium targeted personally, publicly, your family, each of it."

Since she utilized her cellphone, Department of Homeland Security agents easy tracked her to her location successful Alvin, which is the Houston area, a mates of days aft the call. Shry admitted to leaving the connection connected Chutkan's voicemail. She said she had nary volition of traveling to Washington, D.C., oregon Houston to transportation retired immoderate of her threats. But she said if Lee would question to Alvin, past "we request to worry." Cops past took her into custody.

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During her plea hearing, she reportedly said she thought the statements she made successful the connection were protected by the First Amendment.

"She was wrong, and today's plea demonstrates however the Southern District of Texas has nary patience for those who people and endanger nationalist servants — ignorance of the Constitution notwithstanding," Alamdar S. Hamdani, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, said successful a connection astatine the clip of her pleading.

As Law&Crime previously reported, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sam S. Sheldon noted astatine a enslaved proceeding aft her apprehension that Shry has anterior violations of probations, parole, oregon supervised merchandise and said the suspect has been charged 4 times successful a twelvemonth for "similar conduct."

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Brazoria County tribunal records amusement that Shry pleaded blameworthy successful September 2022 to transgression mischief, resisting arrest, and interfering with nationalist duties.

"On September 20, 2022, she was convicted successful 2 abstracted cases (misdemeanor resisting apprehension and misdemeanor transgression mischief) and sentenced to 30 days imprisonment. Recently, connected July 11, 2023, she was charged with misdemeanor menace causing fearfulness of imminent superior bodily injury. It is alleged that she committed the instant discourtesy portion connected enslaved for the July 11 incident, little than 1 period aft it occurred," the magistrate justice wrote.

The justice said that Shry, a parent of two, "suffers from large slump and has a agelong past of substance abuse" and lives with her boyfriend, who is "presently charged with a household battle against her."

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Shry's begetter testified that his girl has a drinking and quality depletion problem.

"Mr. Shry believes that Defendant is simply a non-violent alcoholic. He testified that she sits connected her sofa regular watching the quality portion drinking excessively galore beers. She past becomes agitated by the quality and starts calling radical and threatening them," the tribunal recounted Mark Shry's testimony. "Mr. Shry stated that his girl ne'er leaves her residence and truthful would not enactment upon her threats."

Shry and her astir 1,600 chap rioters received a pardon from Trump for their roles successful the Capitol attack.

Matt Naham contributed to this report