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A Texas woman has been charged with threatening in a voicemail to kill the federal judge overseeing former President Donald TrumpÔÇÖs criminal case in Washington, DC, over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

Abigail Jo Shry called the chambers of Judge Tanya Chutkan on August 5, and left a voicemail message threatening to ÔÇ£kill anyone who went after former President Trump,ÔÇØ according to a criminal complaint.

The death threats also allegedly included racist comment against Chutkan, who is Black. Prosecutors said in court filings that Shry called the judge a ÔÇ£stupid slave n***erÔÇØ in the voicemail.

Shry is charged with Transmission in Interstate or Foreign Commerce of any Communication Containing a Threat to Injure the Person of Another. She is being held in detention pending trial, according to court documents, and a bond hearing has been set for September 13.

ÔÇ£If Trump doesnÔÇÖt get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you, so tread lightly, b*tch,ÔÇØ Shry said in the message, according to the complaint. ÔÇ£You are in our sights, we want to kill you.ÔÇØ

Investigators said in the complaint that Shry continued her threats in the recording, saying: ÔÇ£You will be targeted personally, publicly, your family, all of it.ÔÇØ

On August 8, Shry admitted to Department of Homeland Security special agents that she made the call to ChutkanÔÇÖs chambers but that she ÔÇ£had no plans to travel to Washington, DC or Houston to carry out anything she stated,ÔÇØ the complaint said.

CNN has reached out to the public defenderÔÇÖs office in Houston that is representing Shry.

CNN has also reached out to a representative for Chutkan. As previously reported, security for the district judge had been increased in the federal courthouse in Washington, DC.

Shry, according to the complaint, also made ÔÇ£a direct threat to kill Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee, all democrats in Washington D.C. and all people in the LGBTQ community.ÔÇØ

CNN has reached out to the office of the Texas Democrat for comment.

This story has been updated with additional information.

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