CBS News reported that a man who participated in the Capitol riot and was pardoned by Trump, Christopher Moynihan, was arrested in New York over the weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Court documents submitted by prosecutors show that Moynihan sent text messages stating he planned to "eliminate" Jeffries when he spoke at the New York Economic Club on Monday, and wrote, "I can't let this terrorist live." He is charged with a felony for making a terror threat and has appeared in court on Tuesday to deny the charges. Jeffries stated in a statement that Moynihan was one of more than 1,500 insurrectionists pardoned by Trump on his first day back in the White House, criticizing that "many released criminals have committed crimes again across the country." He emphasized, "Violent threats will not stop us from speaking for the American people." Moynihan was convicted in 2022 of obstructing Congress and pleaded guilty to five lesser charges, receiving a 21-month prison sentence in 2023; prosecutors say he was one of the earliest rioters to break through police lines into the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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