Another swing, another miss for U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
A Washington, D.C. grand jury has rejected yet another indictment pushed by Pirro’s office — this time against a 50-year-old Indiana woman accused of threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump.
Pirro, who’s been making headlines for high-profile announcements that fizzle out in court, alleged that Nathalie Jones made graphic threats against Trump on social media and in conversations with federal agents. The government claimed she wrote on Facebook, “I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney.”
According to Pirro’s office, Jones also told Secret Service agents that Trump was a “Nazi” and that she intended to “carry out her mission of killing” him using a “bladed object.”
The language is undoubtedly extreme. But the grand jury wasn’t convinced.
On Monday, federal public defender A.J. Kramer filed a motion revealing that U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg had released Jones to home detention, noting that the grand jury had “found no probable cause” to indict her.
“Given that finding, the weight of the evidence is weak,” Kramer wrote. “For this reason the Court should release Ms. Jones on her personal recognizance to appear if required.”
That decision marks another failed attempt by Pirro to secure indictments in what critics are calling a pattern of overreach.
Just last month, her office couldn’t convince a jury to indict a man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer. In another embarrassing blow, a grand jury reportedly voted three separate times against indicting a man accused of assaulting an FBI agent.
When asked about the repeated failures, Pirro told Fox News, “The grand jurors don’t take it so seriously. They’re like, ‘Ah, you know, whatever.’”
That offhand remark hasn’t helped her critics’ perception of a prosecutor more focused on headlines than solid prosecutions. Some legal observers say the quote reflects a deeper problem: a disconnect between Pirro’s aggressive charging strategy and the jury’s sense of proportionality — or lack of evidence.
For now, Jones remains free and unindicted. And unless Pirro plans to push for another round with the grand jury — which remains unclear — this case looks like it’s headed for the scrap heap alongside the sandwich-thrower and the alleged FBI assailant.
