Woman accused of threatening judge who dismissed suit seeking ballot review

A 42-year-old woman from Kentucky has been arrested in connection to allegedly leaving an intimidating voice message intended for a judge in Georgia who tossed out a ballot lawsuit last week.

The Henry County Sheriff’s Office said officials have arrested Erin Northup, who has been charged with a felony for allegedly making a terrorism threat, The Atlantic Journal-Constitution reported. It is unclear if an attorney is representing Northup.

Officials say Northup tried to intimidate Henry County Superior Court Judge Brian Amero and his family, leaving a message with the judge’s judicial assistant after a ballot lawsuit involving Georgia’s 2020 election results was dismissed by Amero. 

Supporters of former President Trump, who has touted baseless claims about widespread voter fraud occurring in the 2020 election, were seeking close to 150,000 Fulton County absentee ballots to be unsealed by Amero to see if there was any evidence of fraud, according to the Journal-Constitution. However, that lawsuit was tossed out, saying that there was no standing to sue after batches failed to show counterfeit ballots. 

“I’m all for respecting a person’s First Amendment rights. However, when it crosses the line and it becomes minacious, it will not be tolerated. We will track you down and arrest you,” Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett noted, according to the Journal-Constitution.

The lawsuit ended the last big 2020 election lawsuit waged in Georgia, which the news outlet noted was a state that Joe Biden won by 12,000 votes. Last month, a report by Cyber Ninas, the firm hired in Arizona to conduct an audit of the Maricopa County 2020 election results, also certified Joe Biden’s win there. 

The Hill has reached out to the sheriff’s office for comment.