WASHINGTON — A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots has been charged after allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the top Democratic leader in the House.

Christopher Moynihan, 34, was arrested on Sunday after allegedly sending text messages to an associate with plans to attack Jeffries during an event in New York City the following day. Moynihan now faces a felony charge of making a terroristic threat, according to CBS News , which first reported on the arrest.

“Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live,” Moynihan wrote in the text messages, according to the criminal complaint. “Even if I am hated he must be eliminated. I will kill him for the future.”

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