“Judge Jeanine” Pirro has failed to secure yet another federal indictment—this time over an Indiana woman accused of threatening to kill President Donald Trump.
In another blow for the Fox News host-turned-U.S. Attorney for D.C., a grand jury has refused to indict Nathalie Jones, 50, who had allegedly branded the president as a “Nazi” and made threatening comments against him on social media.
The decision comes after federal prosecutors were unable to secure three other felony indictments against D.C. residents as part of Trump’s crime crackdown in the nation’s capital.
The most notable involved Subway slinger Sean Dunn, who went viral last month after hurling a sandwich at an officer during an epic meltdown.
Banksy-style posters now appear across D.C. with images of Dunn hurling a sub, including one poster on 14th Street that also features an image of his food landing on Pirro’s head.
The latest case involving Jones was humiliating for federal prosecutors, who made a big deal of the matter when they announced her arrest in a press release last month.
“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,” Pirro said at the time.
Jones was arrested in D.C. on August 16, the same day thousands of protesters took to the streets to oppose Trump’s federal takeover.
According to court documents, from August 2 to August 9, Secret Service officers had found she made threatening comments on her Instagram account, including calling for Trump’s removal, labelling him as a terrorist, and referring to his administration as a dictatorship.
These threats ramped up in subsequent days, with one Facebook post declaring: “I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present.”
In another post, directed to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Jones 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.”
Jones allegedly repeated her desire to kill the president during a Secret Service interview on August 15, in which she also described Trump as a “nazi,” and held him responsible for Americans who died during the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, according to Jones’ public defender A.J. Kramer, the grand jury found " no probable cause" to indict her.
She had also repeatedly told officers that “she had no intent to harm anyone, including the president, and was in D.C. to attend a peaceful protest.”
“Given that finding, the weight of the evidence is weak,” Kramer argued in a motion filed in court.
“The government may intend to try again to obtain an indictment, but the evidence has not changed and no indictment is likely. For this reason, the Court should release Ms. Jones on her personal recognizance to appear if required.”
In a statement to the Daily Beast, Pirro accused the jury of being politicized and said the system in D.C. was broken.
In an earlier interview with Fox News on Sunday, she also blamed elitist grand jurors for the lack of indictments.
“A Washington DC Grand Jury refused to indict someone who threatened to kill the President of the United States. Her intent was clear, traveling through five states to do so. She even confirmed the same to the US Secret Service. This is the essence of a politicized jury. The system here is broken on many levels,” she told the Daily Beast.
“Instead of the outrage that should be engendered by a specific threat to kill the president, the grand jury in DC refuses to even let the judicial process begin. Justice should not depend on politics.”
Failing to get a grand jury to indict is exceptionally rare: for it to happen three times within days has no known precedent. In a federal grand jury, at least 16 and as many as 23 citizens hear from prosecutors, then vote to whether to indict; only 12 have to do so.
