A Donald Trump-pardoned Jan. 6 rioter was arrested after allegedly making threats to kill top Democrat Hakeem Jeffries.

Christopher Moynihan, 34, is accused of texting plans to kill the House Minority Leader, 55, during a New York City speech on Monday.

According to a court filings, he wrote, “Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live.”

Moynihan, of Clinton, New York—who was pardoned by Trump nine months ago as part of a mass clemency for more than 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants—also allegedly stated, “Even if I am hated, he must be eliminated, I will kill him for the future,” the filing said.

He was taken into custody by New York State Police and charged with making a terroristic threat, a Class D felony, according to a State Police news releas

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