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Federal authorities on Monday announced the arrest of a woman accused of threatening President Donald Trump’s life after traveling from New York to the nation’s capital.
U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro said Nathalie Rose Jones was charged with “knowingly and willfully threatening to take the life of the president of the United States.” Authorities say Jones posted threats on social media calling for Trump’s removal and elimination before traveling to Washington.
“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,” Pirro said in a video statement posted to X.
“She is now in custody [and] she will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Make no mistake about that,” she continued.
The arrest comes amid heightened security in the capital following Trump’s Aug. 11 decision to place the Metropolitan Police Department under federal oversight and deploy National Guard units in response to what he called an escalating crime crisis. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Monday that nearly 400 individuals have been arrested since the takeover began.
Pirro said her office coordinated more than 130 arrests over the weekend and seized 21 illegal firearms. Federal prosecutors have also issued warrants tied to homicide, drug trafficking and sex crimes.
The city has seen a string of violent incidents this year, including the killings of congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, and two Israeli Embassy employees outside the Capital Jewish Museum. The administration moved forcefully after the beating of a Department of Government Efficiency staffer in August, an assault that drew national attention.
Trump himself has survived two assassination attempts in the past year. In July 2024, a gunman grazed his ear with a bullet during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Two months later, an armed man attempted to shoot him at a Florida golf course.
Federal officials said Jones remains in custody pending trial. If convicted, she faces prison time for threatening the president.