Christopher Moynihan, pardoned by Trump for his role in Capitol attack, allegedly said he’d kill House minority leader in New York
A man who was pardoned by Donald Trump for his conviction in the US Capitol attack carried out by the Republican president’s supporters in early 2021 has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Democratic House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, according to authorities and the New York representative himself.
Christopher Moynihan, 34, was arrested by New York state police on a felony count of making terroristic threats, the agency announced.
According to authorities, the FBI’s joint terrorism taskforce alerted state police on 18 October that Moynihan, of Clinton, New York, “had made threats to kill a member of Congress”.
After what the police described as a “thorough investigation”, Moynihan was “arrested and arraigned” in court in Clinton.
