D.C. grand jury declines to indict another defendant amid Trump's crime crackdown

A federal grand jury in Washington declined to indict a woman accused of threatening President Donald Trump, another sign of pushback over the use of federal law enforcement and deployment of National Guard troops.

WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in Washington declined to indict a woman accused of threatening President Donald Trump on social media, another sign of pushback from D.C. residents over the use of federal law enforcement and deployment of National Guard troops in the city.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia accused Nathalie Rose Jones of Indiana of threatening to take the life of the president and transmitting threats over state lines on Instagram and Facebook.

Jones allegedly called Trump a “terrorist” and a “nazi” in a voluntary interview with the Secret Service. She attended a march in Washington on Aug. 16 that went around the White House complex and was then arrested, though she said she had no desire at that time to harm Trump. Friends wrote in letters to the court that Jones has had mental health issues.

In a motion filed Monday, her defense attorneys disclosed that a grand jury didn’t indict Jones.

“A grand jury has now found no probable cause to indict Ms. Jones on the charged offenses,” her federal public defenders wrote, seeking to get Jones released on her own recognizance.