A 50-year-old woman from Lafayette, Indiana, has been arrested and charged for allegedly making a series of death threats against President Donald Trump on social media.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia confirmed that Nathalie Rose Jones was taken into custody on Saturday, August 16, 2025, after allegedly posting violent threats online. She has been charged with threatening to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, as well as transmitting threats across state lines.
“Threatening the life of the President is one of the most serious crimes and one that will be met with swift and unwavering prosecution. Make no mistake—justice will be served,” U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said. She commended the U.S. Secret Service for its rapid intervention.
Matt McCool, Special Agent in Charge of the Secret Service’s Washington Field Office, stressed that protecting the President remained paramount. “Every potential threat is addressed with the utmost seriousness,” he said, adding that agents from both New York and Washington had acted decisively to neutralise the alleged threat.
According to court documents, Jones used Instagram and Facebook accounts under the name “Nath.Jones” between August 2 and August 15 to post multiple threats against President Trump. In one Facebook post directed at the FBI on August 6, she allegedly wrote: “I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disembowelling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present.”
In another post, addressed to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on August 14, she allegedly called for “the arrest and removal ceremony of POTUS Trump as a terrorist on the American People” at the White House.
Court filings further allege that during an interview with the Secret Service on August 15, Jones described President Trump as a “terrorist” and a “nazi,” and admitted she would attempt to kill him if given the chance. She reportedly claimed she had a bladed weapon to “carry out her mission of killing the President” in order to avenge lives lost during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The following day, after joining a protest near the White House, Jones was interviewed again and admitted to making threats but denied any current intention to harm the President. She was arrested shortly afterwards and confirmed she had authored the posts.
The case is under investigation by the U.S. Secret Service and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh Satter.