WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss their case Friday after a grand jury declined earlier this week to indict a woman accused of threatening the president.
In a one-page filing, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office asked a judge to dismiss a felony threats charge against 49-year-old Nathalie Rose Jones of New York.
“The United States has determined that dismissal in this matter is in the interests of justice,” prosecutors wrote.
Jones was charged last month with allegedly making threats online against President Donald Trump. A magistrate judge initially ordered her detained, but the chief judge of D.C.’s federal court later reversed that , saying the alleged threats appeared to be no more than “rantings.”
Jones, who formerly worked as a pharmacist in Indiana, is one o