Natalie Rose Jones of Lafayette, Ind., was arrested in Washington, D.C., last month on charges of threatening to kill President Donald Trump and transmitting threats across state lines.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the case would be pursued, but a federal judge appointed by President Obama and a D.C.-based grand jury declined to move forward.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg—who in July was the subject of a misconduct complaint filed by Attorney General Pam Bondi over alleged improper comments about Trump—overruled a magistrate judge last week and ordered Jones released.
Boasberg directed Jones, who had recently joined an anti-Trump protest outside the White House, to travel to New York City for an appointment with her psychiatrist. Jones’ attorneys revealed in a Monday court filing that a D.C. grand jury declined to indict her.
“The Honorable James E. Boasberg reversed the detention order on August 25, 2025, and released Ms. Jones to home detention,” wrote the attorneys. “One of the factors the court considered in determining the conditions of release was the nature of the case and the weight of the evidence. A grand jury has now found no probable cause to indict Ms. Jones on the charged offenses.”
“Given that finding, the weight of the evidence is weak,” continued the attorneys. “The government may intend to try again to obtain an indictment, but the evidence has not changed and no indictment is likely.”
The DOJ, in court filings, noted that among the 49-year-old woman’s many alleged threats against the president was a statement on social media indicating a willingness to “sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea.”
Prosecutors claimed that Jones — who a friend indicated in a character reference had spent some time in the Army Reserve — also said she “would take the president’s life and would kill him at ‘the compound’ if she had to, that she had a ‘bladed object,’ which she said was the weapon she would use to ‘carry out her mission of killing’ the president, and that she wanted to ‘avenge all the lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic,’ which she attributed to President Trump’s administration and its position on vaccinations.”
In recent years, others have been charged and indicted for making far less graphic threats against the lives of Democrat presidents, The Blaze reported.
