"One of the factors the court considered in determining the conditions of release was the nature of the case and the weight of the evidence. A grand jury has now found no probable cause to indict Ms. Jones on the charged offenses. Given that finding, the weight of the evidence is weak. The government may intend to try again to obtain an indictment, but the evidence has not changed and no indictment is likely."
"Pirro also failed to secure a grand jury indictment last month against a man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer. The incident was caught on film and quickly went viral. Pirro also posted a clip boasting of that indictment before it was shot down, He thought it was funny. Well, he doesn't think it's funny today because we charged him with a felony assault on a police officer, and we're going to back the police to the hilt."
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro charged Nathalie Rose Jones in mid-August with allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump. A Washington, DC grand jury returned a no bill, finding no probable cause to indict Jones on the charged offenses. Federal public defender A.J. Kramer filed to modify Jones's release conditions, arguing the grand jury finding shows the weight of the evidence is weak and that a new indictment is unlikely. Pirro posted social media clips asserting Jones made threats on Facebook and Instagram and declaring prosecution to the full extent of the law. Pirro previously sought an indictment over a viral Subway-sandwich incident that a grand jury also declined to indict.
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