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riversedge

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Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:09 PM Oct 2025

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

A few days late, but I missed this earlier.



Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week

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

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Updated on: October 21, 2025 / 7:20 PM 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.

Jeffries spoke at the Economic Club of New York on Monday.

Moynihan was arraigned Tuesday and entered a plea of not guilty.

According to a court filing by prosecutors in the New York state criminal case, Moynihan wrote, "Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live."


Moynihan also allegedly stated: "Even if I am hated, he must be eliminated, I will kill him for the future," the filing said.

Moynihan faces a felony charge of making a terroristic threat, according to court filings shared by prosecutors.
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Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2025 OP
Trump pardons criminals so they can join his crime syndicate. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #1
Can the pardon holds for this crime? question everything Oct 2025 #2
If Trump says yes. riversedge Oct 2025 #3
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