Self-appointed 'hitman for Trump' gets prison for threatening judge in ex-president's case

A woman in Texas believed by authorities to be suffering from mental illness has been sentenced to prison for her death threats against Florida-based U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, reported Law & Crime on Friday.

"Tiffani Gish, a Houston-area resident, was sentenced to 37 months and three years of supervised release, according to the sentencing filing," reported Jason Kandel. "As Law & Crime reported, she was accused of one count each of influencing a federal official by threat and interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure over voicemails left on U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s court chamber telephone."

Gish left three voicemails for the judge proclaiming Cannon was "marked for assassination," and that she is "in charge of nuclear" for the United States and has a "license to kill."

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According to previous reports, she has claimed to be a CIA officer named "Evelyn Salt," which is the name of a fictional spy played by Angelina Jolie in the eponymous 2010 film "Salt." She has also said she is a "hitman" for former President Donald Trump.

Cannon, a right-wing judge appointed by Trump, is presiding over the federal case charging Trump with removing and hoarding highly classified national defense secrets at his Mar-a-Lago country club in Palm Beach.

She has come under heavy criticism for the way she has handled the case, often going out of her way to grant Trump special rights that defendants don't typically have.