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D.C. Grand Jury Rejects Indictment in Case Alleging Threats Against Trump

The no-bill in Nathalie Rose Jones’s case extends a rare run of grand-jury rejections of surge-era prosecutions in Washington, with prosecutors not yet announcing their next step.

Overview

  • Jurors declined to indict Indiana resident Nathalie Rose Jones on charges tied to alleged threats made on social media and during a Secret Service interview.
  • Chief Judge James E. Boasberg previously ordered her released to home detention with GPS monitoring and required psychiatric treatment.
  • Prosecutors pointed to an Aug. 6 Facebook post about “disemboweling” the president and a later statement referencing a “bladed object” as key evidence.
  • Defense filings cited a history of schizophrenia, supportive letters from friends, a lack of weapons, and her assertion she traveled to Washington to protest peacefully.
  • U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro condemned the grand jury’s decision as political, and the outcome aligns with other recent D.C. no-bills that have led some cases to be downgraded to misdemeanors.