
When presidents hand out pardons like participation trophies, accountability doesn’t disappear, but mutates. This week, one of Donald Trump‘s forgiven goons reminded America that immunity breeds audacity.
One of the pardoned Jan. 6 rioters, 34-year-old Christopher P. Moynihan from Clinton, New York, was arrested on Oct. 19 by New York State Police after sending a series of text messages on Oct. 17 threatening to kill the Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. According to prosecutors, the threats targeted Jeffries’ appearance at the Economic Club of New York on Oct. 20, 2025.