Man accused of threat to Jeffries

New York resident, a Jan. 6 rioter, allegedly said he'd kill House minority leader.

- BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

Senate Television

THE SUSPECT, Christopher P. Moynihan, is shown in the U.S. Capitol's Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021.

A man whose convictions for storming the U.S. Capitol were erased by President Trump’s mass pardons has been arrested on a charge that he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Christopher P. Moynihan is accused of sending a text message on Friday noting that Jeffries, a New York Democrat, would be making a speech in New York City this week.

“I cannot allow this terrorist to live,” Moynihan wrote, according to a report by a state police investigator. Moynihan also wrote that Jeffries “must be eliminated” and texted, “I will kill him for the future,” the police report says.