Jan 6 participant arrested for threat to kill Hakeem Jeffries

Christopher Moynihan, a 34-year-old New York man who took part in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and was later pardoned, was arrested Sunday on a felony charge after prosecutors say he texted that he planned to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as the congressman spoke in New York City. The messages, sent days before Jeffries’ scheduled address at the Economic Club of New York, prompted a Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation and Moynihan’s arrest by New York State Police, court filings show.

Prosecutors say the texts included statements such as, "Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live" and "Even if I am hated, he must be eliminated. I will kill him for the future." The messages were described in a criminal complaint filed in Dutchess County, New York, which alleges the content placed the recipient in reasonable fear of an imminent assassination. Moynihan was arraigned and is scheduled to appear in Dutchess County court Thursday; prosecutors charged him with making a terroristic threat. Court records indicate he was being held pending further proceedings.

Moynihan was among the roughly 1,500 people...