Grand jury declines to indict Lafayette woman who threatened to kill President Trump on social media

(WXIN/WTTV): Federal grand jurors have refused charges that were brought against a Lafayette woman who was at the center of a U.S. Secret Service investigation for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump.




On Aug. 16, Nathalie Rose Jones was arrested on allegations that she threatened to kidnap and take the life of the president on social media. The Associated Press reported that an attorney representing Jones confirmed the decision in a court filing on Monday.




According to court documents, investigators and members of the U.S. Secret Service sifted through several threats posted by the Instagram user "nath.jones" between Aug. 2 and Aug. 9. The user reportedly called for President Trump to be removed from his post before calling him a "terrorist" and his administration a "dictatorship."




The threats also referenced Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming his actions led to "extreme and unnecessary loss of life," the release said.




Investigators allege Jones also posted threats directed at the president on her personal Facebook account. Jones reportedly said in one of the posts from Aug. 6 that she was "willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present."




During an interview with members of the U.S. Secret Service on Aug. 15, the release said Jones continued to call Trump a "terrorist" and a "nazi," allegedly doubling down on her previous assertions that she would use a "bladed object" to take the president's life to "avenge all the lives lost during the Covid-19 pandemic."




The following day, the release said Jones participated in a demonstration that occurred near the White House complex. After the march ended, Secret Service members interviewed her a second time, where she reportedly admitted to threatening to harm the president.




Jones allegedly admitted to being the owner of the Facebook user account "Nath Jones" and conceded that she was the individual responsible for posting the threats, according to the release. When she was pressed further on her social media posts, Jones reportedly denied having any intentions to physically harm the president.




Grand jurors also declined to hand down an indictment to Edward Alexander Dana after he was accused of directing death threats toward Trump on Aug. 17.





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