A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Court documents obtained by CBS News said Christopher Moynihan was arrested Sunday after saying in text messages that he planned to "eliminate" Jeffries when the top House Democrat spoke at the Economic Club of New York in New York City on Monday, Oct. 20.
Moynihan was arraigned Tuesday and entered a plea of not guilty. He was released on bond on Saturday, prosecutors told CBS News, pending future court proceedings.
According to a court filing by prosecutors in the New York state criminal case, Moynihan wrote, "Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live."
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