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, 34, 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.”
Force investigation on a felony charge of making a terroristic threat. He is due in court in Dutchess County, NY, on Thursday, court filings show.
He was arraigned in local court in Clinton, NY, and remanded to the Dutchess County Justice and Transition Center “in lieu of $10,000 cash bail, a $30,000 bond, or an $80,000 partially secured bond,” state troopers said in a statement.
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