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Woman arrested for allegedly threatening judge in Mar-a-Lago documents case

Woman arrested for allegedly threatening judge in Mar-a-Lago documents case
CHILD ALERT. THE NEWLY RELEASED INVENTORY -- BREAKING NEWS INTO THE INVESTIGATION INTO MAR-A-LAGO, THE INVENTORY LIST HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED. >> CALEB IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE TO BREAK DOWN THE LIST OF WHAT THE FBI FOUND. REPORTER: THE NEWLY RELEASED INVENTORY REPORT LAYS OUT THE CONTENTS OF 33 BOXES THE FBI TOOK DURING THEIR SEARCH AT MAR A LAGO. INCLUDING DOCUMENTS TAKEN FROM THE STORAGE ROOM AND OFFICE AS WELL. BREAKING THIS DOWN EVEN FURTHER THE REPORT INCLUDES DOCUMENTS LABELED WITH SECRET OR TOP-SECRET CLASSIFICATION MARKINGS. DOCUMENTS LABELED WITH CONFIDENTIAL, AND A NUMBER OF EMPTY FOLDERS MARKED WITH CLASSIFIED. OTHER CONTENTS INCLUDE MULTIPLE US GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOS WITHOUT CLASSIFICATION MARKINGS A LARGE LIST OF MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND PRESS ARTICLES DATING UP TO 2020 AND FAR BACK AS 1995 AND EMPTY FOLDERS MARKED WITH RETURN TO STAFF SECRETARY/MILITARY AIDE. THE INVENTORY REPORT ALSO SHOWS CLOTHING, GIFT ITEMS AND BOOKS WERE ALSO FOUND DURING THE SEARCH. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE FEDERAL JUDGE TO RULE ON THE FORMERS PRESIDENTS REQUEST OF A SPECIAL MASTER TO BE APPOINTED TO HANDLE GOING THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS. AS SOON WE LEARN THE DECISION, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE. LIVE IN WEST
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Woman arrested for allegedly threatening judge in Mar-a-Lago documents case
A Texas woman who allegedly left a series of threatening messages on the voicemail of a federal judge overseeing one of former President Donald Trump's legal fights in Florida was arrested last week, according to court documents.Tiffani Shea Gish, of Houston, left three voicemails for Aileen Cannon, a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida who was nominated by Trump in 2020, according to court documents. Cannon is handling the former president's request for a special master to review documents and other items the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago last month.In the voicemails, Gish threatened to have Cannon assassinated in front of her family for "helping" the former president, court documents say."Donald Trump has been disqualified long ago, and he's marked for assassination. You're helping him, ma'am," Gish allegedly said one of the voicemails."He's marked for assassination and so are you," she said, according to court documents, telling Cannon to "stand the (expletive) down or get shot."In other messages, Gish, who identified herself on the messages as "Evelyn Salt," said that she was "in charge of nuclear for the United States Government" and claimed that Trump had some responsibility for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.Gish is facing two federal charges, including influencing a federal official by threat and interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure. She has not yet entered a formal plea, and a lawyer for Gish did not immediately respond to request for comment.Investigators traced Gish's cell phone number and interviewed her through the window of her home in Houston, and she admitted to having left the voicemails, according to court documents.The U.S. Secret Service was aware of previous threats Gish had made towards Trump, prosecutors say.Federal officials have seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats since the search at Mar-a-Lago last month, CNN has reported. Violent threats have surfaced online against Attorney General Merrick Garland, and the biography and contact information of the federal magistrate judge who signed the Mar-a-Lago search warrant had to be wiped from a Florida court's website due to threats.FBI officials also have reported an "unprecedented" number of threats and that individual agents involved in the search have faced doxxing attempts, law enforcement sources told CNN.

A Texas woman who allegedly left a series of threatening messages on the voicemail of a federal judge overseeing one of former President Donald Trump's legal fights in Florida was arrested last week, .

Tiffani Shea Gish, of Houston, left three voicemails for Aileen Cannon, a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida who was nominated by Trump in 2020, according to court documents. Cannon is handling the former president's request for a special master to review documents and other items the last month.

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In the voicemails, Gish threatened to have Cannon assassinated in front of her family for "helping" the former president, court documents say.

"Donald Trump has been disqualified long ago, and he's marked for assassination. You're helping him, ma'am," Gish allegedly said one of the voicemails.

"He's marked for assassination and so are you," she said, according to court documents, telling Cannon to "stand the (expletive) down or get shot."

In other messages, Gish, who identified herself on the messages as "Evelyn Salt," said that she was "in charge of nuclear for the United States Government" and claimed that Trump had some responsibility for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Gish is facing two federal charges, including influencing a federal official by threat and interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure. She has not yet entered a formal plea, and a lawyer for Gish did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Investigators traced Gish's cell phone number and interviewed her through the window of her home in Houston, and she admitted to having left the voicemails, according to court documents.

The U.S. Secret Service was aware of previous threats Gish had made towards Trump, prosecutors say.

Federal officials have seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats since the search at Mar-a-Lago last month, CNN has reported. Violent threats have surfaced online against Attorney General Merrick Garland, and the biography and contact information of the federal magistrate judge who signed the Mar-a-Lago search warrant had to be wiped from a Florida court's website due to threats.

FBI officials also have reported an "unprecedented" number of threats and that individual agents involved in the search have faced doxxing attempts, law enforcement sources told CNN.