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Anna Betts

January 6 US Capitol rioter arrested for alleged threat to kill Hakeem Jeffries

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Hakeem Jeffries speaks in Washington DC on 14 October. Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

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 the 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.

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