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A pardoned Capitol rioter has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries while he spoke at a New York event.
Christopher Moynihan allegedly said in a text that he would “eliminate” the Brooklyn Democrat during his Monday speech at the Economic Club of New York, according to a court filing seen by CBS News.
“Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live,” Moynihan, who was pardoned nine months ago by President Trump, allegedly wrote in the message.
“Even if I am hated, he must be eliminated,” he also allegedly stated, according to the filing. ” I will kill him for the future.”
Moynihan was arrested on Sunday on a felony charge of making a terroristic threat. He is due in court in Dutchess County, NY on Thursday, court filings show.
Moynihan was one of the first rioters to breach police barricades and enter the Capitol grounds, and was photographed as part of a smaller group who were on the floor of the Senate on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors said at the time.
“While inside, Moynihan rifled through a notebook on top of a Senator’s desk, saying, ‘There’s gotta be something in here we can f–king use against these scumbags,” prosecutors said in his sentencing memorandum.
In August 2022, he was found guilty of obstructing an official proceeding and pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor charges.
He was sentenced to 21 months in prison in February 2023.
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