President Donald Trump stands outside the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon).
An Indiana woman stands accused of threatening to kill President Donald Trump, allegedly calling him a “terrorist” and a “Nazi” once interviewed.
Nathalie Rose Jones, 50, was arrested in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, the United States Attorney”s Office for the District of Columbia announced. She has been charged with threatening to take the life of, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon the U.S. president and transmitting in interstate commerce communications containing threats to kidnap any person.
The alleged threats are said to have begun on Aug. 2, when an Instagram account later connected to Jones had made comments about Trump. According to the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ), she called for his removal from office, labeled his administration a dictatorship, and blamed him for the extent of the loss of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Those posts continued until Aug. 9, the DOJ said, but it was comments Jones allegedly made on Facebook that specifically captured law enforcement’s attention.
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“I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present,” an account tied to Jones wrote to the FBI on Aug. 6, according to the DOJ announcement.
Eight days later, in a comment meant for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Lafayette, Indiana, woman allegedly 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.”
On Aug. 15, the U.S. Secret Service spoke with Jones in a “voluntary” interview, the U.S. attorney’s office said. It was here where she allegedly made the “terrorist” and “Nazi” disparagements and allegedly provided more specific details about what she would do if she got the chance.
According to the DOJ, Jones said she would kill Trump at “the compound” if necessary and that she had a “bladed object” that she would use as her weapon to “carry out her mission of killing” the president.
Furthermore, she reportedly stated her desire to “avenge all the lives lost during the Covid-19 pandemic,” for which she blamed Trump’s first administration and its position on vaccines.
The day after her interview with the feds, a protest began at Dupont Circle and “circumnavigated” the White House. Jones took part, the DOJ said.
When the demonstration ended, the Secret Service interviewed Jones again. She reportedly “admitted that she had made threats towards President Trump during her interview the previous day” but “denied having any present desire to harm the President of the United States.”
She was subsequently arrested and, according to authorities, confirmed that she was the owner of the Facebook account that had made the threatening statements.
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U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro decried the alleged crimes, saying threatening the life of the president is “one of the most serious crimes” that will be “met with swift and unwavering prosecution.”
“Make no mistake — justice will be served,” she added. “We extend our deepest gratitude to our dedicated law enforcement partners, especially the Secret Service Special Agents from New York and Washington, D.C., for their tireless commitment to protecting our leaders and our nation.”
