Overview

• Nathalie Rose Jones was arrested in Washington, D.C., and charged with two federal counts of knowingly and willfully threatening to kill President Trump.
• Authorities say Jones traveled from New York to Washington and used Facebook and Instagram to call the president a terrorist and urge his elimination.
• Jones remains in federal custody pending prosecution in U.S. District Court under statutes protecting the president’s life.
• Since the August 11 federal takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, officials have reported nearly 400 arrests and seized 21 illegal firearms.
• The arrest comes against a backdrop of recent violent incidents in the capital and follows two assassination attempts on President Trump in 2024.