Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter arrested, charged with plotting Hakeem Jeffries' assassination

Christopher Moynihan, a Jan. 6 rioter who was pardoned by President Trump earlier this year, is facing charges of plotting to assassinate House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), according to court documents.The details: An extreme risk protection order says that an anonymous source reported to the FBI that on Oct. 17 Moynihan said that "in a few days he would kill Congressman Jeffries for the 'future.'"The anonymous tipster was "also concerned over respondent's increased narcotic abuse and homicidal ideations," the document says.Moynihan, a 34-year-old resident of Clinton, N.Y., was arrested Sunday and charged with making a terroristic threat, according to the New York State Police.He was arraigned Tuesday and pleaded not guilty. What they're saying: "The person arrested, along with thousands of violent felons who stormed the US Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack, was pardoned by Donald Trump on the President's very first day in office," Jeffries said in a statement."Since the blanket pardon that occurred earlier this year, many of the criminals released have committed additional crimes throughout the country," he added."Threats of violence will not stop us from showing up, standing up and speaking up for the American people."Flashback: Moynihan was sentenced in 2023 to 21 months in prison for obstruction of an official proceeding for entering the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.Prosecutors said Moynihan walked through the Senate chamber and took pictures of papers on senators' desks, saying "there's gotta be something in here we can f---- use against these ----bags."Trump issued a blanket pardon to him, along with most other Jan. 6 rioters, a day after the start of his second term. Zoom out: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), asked at a press conference Tuesday about the threat against Jeffries, said, "That's terrible. That's the first I've heard of that, don't know anything about it.""But anybody who threatens to kill any political official we denounce it absolutely and let justice fall upon their heads," he added.Pressed further about Trump's pardons, Johnson again denounced the threat but added, "I will tell you this, the violence on the left is far more prevalent than the violence on the right."The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Between the lines: The incident comes as lawmakers are facing a spike in threats of violence.The Capitol Police said last month they are on track to have around 14,000 threat assessment cases by the end of 2025, up from less than 9,500 last year.Axios' Kate Santaliz contributed reporting for this story.

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