A man who took part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots but was later pardoned by President Trump has been arrested for threatening to “eliminate” New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, police said Tuesday
Christopher Moynihan, 34, was arrested in Clinton, NY, on Sunday after he allegedly made threats to kill a member of Congress, New York State police said.
He was charged with making a terroristic threat and ordered held on $10,000 bail at his arraignment in Clinton court.
During his arraignment on Monday, it was revealed he is accused of threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
In text messages, he said he planned to “eliminate” Jeffries at an event in Manhattan on Monday, prosecutors said.
Jeffries spoke at an Economic Club event in Midtown on Monday.
“Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live,” Moynihan allegedly wrote in his texts.
“Even if I am hated, he must be eliminated, I will kill him for the future,” he added, according to a court filing seen by CBS News New York.
Moynihan was one of the first rioters to breach the barricades on Jan. 6, 2021, and enter the Capitol. He was found guilty in August 2022 of obstruction of an official proceeding and pleaded guilty to five misdemeanors and sentenced to 21 months in prison.
But he was pardoned by President Trump along with 1,500 others convicted for the riot once Trump returned to the White House in January.
