Meredith Charged Over Alleged Threat Against January 6 Judges

Cleveland Meredith has been charged in federal court with making an interstate threat to execute judges who presided over January 6 cases, based on an April Facebook post, according to a criminal complaint filed in Atlanta. The FBI alleges Meredith wrote, “ALL J6 Federal JUDGES will be EXECUTED!” The complaint charges him with making an interstate threat. The allegation has not been tested in court, and Meredith’s court-appointed lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment, according to one report. Prosecutors have also cited later social media posts in seeking Meredith’s detention. In a filing, they said he had posted several threatening messages in recent weeks, including one invoking firing squads after the midterm elections. The court’s decision on the detention request was not reported. The FBI affidavit says agents had interviewed Meredith twice about social media posts that appeared threatening, in 2024 and 2025. The FBI’s allegation about the April post is based on the filed complaint and affidavit; reports repeating those documents do not represent separate evidence of the alleged threat. Meredith, a Georgia resident, was previously convicted in a...