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Transgender Activist Gets Light Sentence After Violent Threat

12/24/2025

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Julie Winters, a transgender individual formerly known as Christopher Hudson, received a "time served" sentence after threatening federal officers with a butcher knife outside the ICE building in Portland, Oregon.
Winters pleaded guilty to intimidating a federal officer and resisting arrest during protests.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) expressed surprise at her four-month release due to her violent history and mental health issues.
Winters has prior convictions, including a bar fight in 2011 and providing a false name during a 2014 arrest.
She also faces additional state-level assault charges related to a traffic incident.

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Story summary

Julie Winters, a transgender individual formerly known as Christopher Hudson, received a "time served" sentence after threatening federal officers with a butcher knife outside the ICE building in Portland, Oregon.
Winters pleaded guilty to intimidating a federal officer and resisting arrest during protests.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) expressed surprise at her four-month release due to her violent history and mental health issues.
Winters has prior convictions, including a bar fight in 2011 and providing a false name during a 2014 arrest.
She also faces additional state-level assault charges related to a traffic incident.