NYC woman busted for threatening to kill President Trump is quietly released by Obama-appointed Judge Boasberg

A 50-year-old New York City woman, identified as Nathalie Rose Jones, who had been detained after posting violent threats toward then-President Trump on social media, was quietly released by a federal judge late last month. Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg—an appointee of President Obama—approved her release under the condition of electronic monitoring and mandated that she undergo a psychiatric evaluation upon returning home. This order came on August 27, following a previous decision by U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya to deny Jones bond due to the severity of the threats she had made online.

Earlier in August, Jones made a series of disturbing posts, including a lengthy Facebook entry dated August 6, in which she claimed she had told FBI agents across multiple states that she was willing to “sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea.” Similar threats were directed at other federal officials and agencies. She also told the Secret Service during an August 15 interview that, if given the chance, she would carry out the assassination using a bladed weapon.

Her social media activity tagged several federal agencies—the FBI, ICE, and DHS—and even included a message to the Defense Secretary calling for the arrest of the president as a terrorist at the White House on a specific date. Friends and court documents say Jones has a history of schizophrenia and mental illness, though she had no known record of violence.

On August 18, the U.S. Department of Justice formally charged her with making threats against the president, transmitting threats via interstate communication, and threatening bodily harm or kidnapping. At the time, newly appointed D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro emphasized the seriousness of the offense, promising that justice would be served.

Meanwhile, Judge Boasberg’s decision to release Jones came as a surprise and underscored his willingness to reconsider a lower court’s stringent detention order in light of new arguments—namely, concerns about her mental health and lack of actual violence on her part

Source: NEW YORK POST