U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C. Jeanine Pirro announced Monday that federal prosecutors have made the stunning arrest of a 50-year-old woman over her threats to assassinate President Donald Trump.
Nathalie Rose Jones of Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested Saturday following a disturbing series of social media posts saying that she intended to kill the president if given the opportunity. After Jones after she traveled from New York to the nation’s capital with plans to have Trump “eliminated,” she was arrested.
Pirro confirmed that Jones now faces serious federal charges and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
“She did come from New York to Washington, D.C., and she has been threatening and calling for the removal of the president and even worse as she got to D.C. Her threats were on Facebook and Instagram and she continues to call the president a terrorist and was working to have him eliminated. She is now in custody [and] she will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Make no mistake about that,” Pirro said in her announcement.
The case began unfolding on August 2 when the Secret Service became aware of Jones’ threatening social media activity. The threats escalated dramatically over two weeks, culminating in specific plans for violence against the president.
Jones posted her most explicit threat on Facebook on August 6, writing directly to the FBI: “I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present.” The disturbing message outlined graphic violence against the commander in chief and referenced the former Wyoming congresswoman who has been a vocal Trump critic.
Eight days later, Jones escalated her threats by attempting to involve Trump’s own Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. In an August 14 Facebook post, she wrote: “please arrange the arrest and removal ceremony of POTUS Trump as a terrorist on the American People from 10-2pm at the White House on Saturday, August 16th, 2025.”
The Secret Service arranged to interview Jones voluntarily on August 15, the day after her message targeting Hegseth. During that interview, Jones made chilling admissions about her intentions. She told federal agents that if she had the chance, she would “carry out her mission of killing” the president at “the compound” using a “bladed object.”
Jones revealed her motivation stemmed from her desire to “avenge all the lives lost during the Covid-19 pandemic.” Throughout her communications with law enforcement, she repeatedly referred to Trump as both a “terrorist” and a “nazi.”
The following day, August 16, Jones participated in a protest near the White House. After the demonstration, the Secret Service interviewed her again. During this second interview, Jones admitted to making the threats against Trump, though she denied having any “present desire to harm” the commander in chief.
Federal prosecutors moved swiftly to file charges. Jones now faces two serious federal counts: threatening to take the life of, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, and transmitting in interstate commerce communications containing threats to kidnap any person or any threat to injure another person.
“Threatening the life of the President is one of the most serious crimes and one that will be met with swift and unwavering prosecution,” Pirro said in her official statement. “Make no mistake — justice will be served.”
The arrest comes during a period of heightened security concerns for President Trump, who survived two assassination attempts during his 2024 campaign. The first occurred in Butler, Pennsylvania, when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks grazed Trump’s ear with a bullet during a campaign rally in July 2024. The second attempt happened in September 2024, when Ryan Routh tried to kill Trump on his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Pirro’s announcement of the Jones case coincided with broader updates on the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown on crime in Washington D.C. Since Trump federally took over the Metropolitan Police Department and deployed the National Guard on August 11, law enforcement has arrested nearly 400 individuals. Pirro reported that officers made 137 arrests over the weekend alone and seized 21 illegal firearms.
The federal intervention in Washington came after a series of high-profile violent crimes that plagued the capital in 2025. These incidents included the fatal shootings of 21-year-old congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym and two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum. The administration moved decisively after the brutal beating of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer Edward Coristine as he attempted to stop a carjacking.
Pirro’s office has issued warrants for crimes ranging from homicide and drug trafficking to sex crimes and other violent offenses. The comprehensive law enforcement response demonstrates the Trump administration’s commitment to restoring order to a city that had spiraled into lawlessness under previous leadership.
For years, anti-Trump activists and politicians have used increasingly extreme language to describe the president, calling him everything from an existential threat to democracy to a terrorist. Jones’ own words echo this rhetoric, referring to Trump as a “terrorist” while plotting his assassination.
The swift action by Pirro and federal law enforcement sends a clear message that threats against the president will not be tolerated. The serious federal charges Jones faces carry significant prison time, reflecting the gravity of threatening violence against the commander in chief.
The Jones prosecution will proceed in federal court in Washington D.C., where Pirro has made clear that her office will seek the maximum penalty allowed under law.