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, aged 50, was taken into custody in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, as revealed by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced. She is charged with making threats to kill, kidnap, or harm the president and using interstate commerce to transmit kidnapping threats.
The threats allegedly commenced on Aug. 2, when an Instagram account later linked to Jones posted comments about Trump. As per the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ), she advocated for his ousting from office, referred to his administration as a dictatorship, and blamed him for the scale of deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The DOJ stated that these posts persisted until Aug. 9, but it was Jones’s purported comments on Facebook that specifically drew law enforcement’s focus.
According to the DOJ announcement, on Aug. 6, an account associated with Jones messaged the FBI stating, “I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present.”
Eight days later, Jones, a resident of Lafayette, Indiana, allegedly commented to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, “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 U.S. Secret Service conducted a “voluntary” interview with Jones on Aug. 15, as mentioned by the U.S. attorney’s office. During this meeting, she reportedly made “terrorist” and “Nazi” derogatory remarks and allegedly shared further specific details of her intentions if she had the opportunity.
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.
During that same interview, Jones also stated her desire to speak with the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army “so that the unit would arrest the President and peacefully remove him from him position as President,” per the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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.
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.”
