Grand jury refuses to indict woman accused of threatening Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) – A large jury refused to reveal an Indiana woman accused of threatening to kill the president Donald TrumpAnother sign of an increasing reaction to Donald Trump’s law enforcement officers in the country’s capital.
Nathalie Rose Jones was arrested on August 16 during the interview with death threats against Trump on social media and secret service agents on social media.
However, a large jury of Washington inhabitants, according to his lawyer, refused to blame him based on the evidence offered by the prosecutors of the Ministry of Justice, according to the Federal Public Defender Mary Manning Petras.
“Given this finding, the weight of the evidence is weak, Pet Petras wrote in a court file. “The government may want to try again to take an indictment, but the evidence has not changed and the indictment is likely.”
It is extraordinarily rare for a large jury to refuse to return an indictment, but Trump ordered an increase in patrols by federal agents and troops in the Columbia region.
A large jury refused to blame a state lawyer who faced severe attack charges. Throwing a “sub -style” sandwich In a customs and border protection agent – a confrontation caught in a viral video.
The three great jury voted separately against a woman accused. Attack on a FBI agent Apart from the city prison in July, he records the video of the transfer of prisoners to custody of migration and customs enforcement agents.
A large jury also rejected the indictment against a man. arrested on charges of attack With the help of the national guard members, the US parking police officer.
The great jury trials are hidden, so the reasons for their decisions are not public. However, the withdrawal series fueled the speculation used by the residents serving in the major juries against the fluctuation of the White House.
“Great juries, judges, we will not go only with the flow,” said US peace judge Zia Faruqui, during a hearing for a criminal case against the hearing last week.
Pirro’s office spokesman did not respond immediately to an e -mail looking for a comment. Pirro issued a comment about Jones’ case two days after his arrest.
“It is one of the most serious crimes to be covered by fast and unchanging prosecution. He wrote on xFormerly known as twitter.
Prosecutors, Indiana’s 50 -year -old Jones from the city of Lafayette sent a message on Facebook on 6 August. When the secret service agents questioned him on August 15, Jones said that he hoped to get Trump peacefully from the office, but he would kill him in the compound ”. According to prosecutors. Jones was arrested a day later in Washington, where he joined a protest near the White House.
Petras said that Jones had not intends to harm anyone to secret service agents over and over again, did not have weapons and went to Washington to protest peacefully.
