A 50-year-old woman allegedly planning to assassinate President Trump was released from custody after a judge overturned an earlier decision to detain her. Nathalie Rose Jones, who reportedly has a history of schizophrenia, faced felony charges for threatening the president’s life. Federal prosecutors alleged she wrote on Facebook in August that she intended to “sacrificially kill” Trump by “disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea.” She also allegedly urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to organize an arrest ceremony for Trump at the White House in 2025.
Judge James Boasberg, who previously opposed deporting individuals to El Salvador, ordered Jones’s release with electronic monitoring and a requirement to see a psychiatrist. The decision reversed a magistrate judge’s ruling to keep her detained pending trial. Prosecutors criticized the move, citing Jones’s expressed “propensity to commit violence” and her admission to Secret Service agents of planning to kill Trump with a “bladed object.”
Boasberg questioned the severity of the threats, noting the Secret Service had not arrested Jones despite her stated intent to travel to Washington. He directed her release from Alexandria Jail, allowing her to return to New York under GPS monitoring. The case has drawn criticism for its perceived leniency toward a defendant accused of endangering the president.