Pardoned rioter threatens to kill Hakeem Jeffries

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By Scott MacFarlane
Updated on: October 21, 2025 / 8:52 AM EDT / CBS News

A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Court documents obtained by CBS News said Christopher Moynihan was arrested Sunday after saying in text messages that he planned to "eliminate" Jeffries when the top House Democrat spoke at an event in New York City on Monday ...

Moynihan was found guilty in August 2022 of obstructing an official proceeding, and pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor charges. He was sentenced in February 2023 to 21 months in prison.

Prosecutors described Moynihan as being among the first rioters to breach police barricades and enter the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021 ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pardoned-capitol-rioter-charged-threatening-hakeem-jeffries-nyc-trump/

[BeyondGeography]

1. Upstate NY resident threatening a NY elected official at an NYC event

Arrested by the New York State Police. No pardon this time, genius. Enjoy discovering another part of upstate NY far away from Dutchess County.

[Emile]

2. Can Trump pardon the same guy twice?

Never mind . . .

[MagickMuffin]

3. Throw the book at him, he is truly a threat to society

[Grim Chieftain]

4. Trump just attracts the best people, doesn't he?

God, I loathe him.

[LudwigPastorius]

5. This is precisely why the brownshirts were released from prison.

Trump wants them to terrorize his enemies.

[Justice matters.]

6. While he steals everything they have.

And they ask for more.