A woman was arrested in Florida on Wednesday on charges that she threatened to kill a Texas federal judge who earlier this year suspended approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, according to court records.
Alice Marie Pence placed a call from Florida to the chambers of a federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, federal court around March 12 and threatened to kill him, according to a grand jury indictment. Though he was not named in the indictment, the only federal judge in Amarillo is U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.
Pence is charged with one count of threatening interstate communication and one count of influencing a federal official by threat. The indictment, filed in Kacsmaryk’s court, says the threat was in retaliation for the judge’s performance of his official duties.
Whatever people think of right-wingers, they don’t deserve death threats. However it is of interest to me that she gets prosecuted and will likely get the book thrown at her, while so many on the other side get ignored or let off with sleight consequences. I suppose we’ll see.