A Texas woman faces sentencing for a 2023 threatening voicemail to Judge Chutkan, tied to her role in Trump’s trial.

Abigail Shry, a 45-year-old Texas woman, is set to be sentenced on November 12, 2025, for a threatening voicemail she left for Judge Tanya Chutkan in August 2023, shortly after Chutkan was assigned to preside over Donald Trump’s criminal case. The message contained violent, racist, and homophobic language, including threats of murder. Shry pleaded guilty in November 2024, admitting to making the call, though authorities said she had no immediate plans to act. Her case is one of the few ongoing prosecutions tied to the 2020 election aftermath that has not been affected by presidential clemency. The sentencing, handled by Judge Keith Ellison in Houston, comes amid a surge in threats against federal judges, with over 560 investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service in 2025.