Two Individuals Charged for Threatening Federal Judges in Texas

Charges Follow Increasing Threats to Federal Officials, Amid High-Profile Medication Abortion Case

Alice Marie Pence, 67, of Florida, is charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in Texas who presided over a high-profile medication abortion case.
Pence allegedly made the threatening call a day after news broke that the judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk, had scheduled a major hearing in the mifepristone case.
Pence is charged with transmitting interstate threats and intending to influence a federal official by threat, and is scheduled for an initial court appearance next week.
In a separate case, Daniel Ray Garcia, 44, in Texas state prison, is charged with mailing a threatening letter to a different federal judge in Texas.
These charges come as federal law enforcement officials face an increasing number of threats from the public, including threats to other federal judges and Supreme Court justices.