A New York man who was convicted and later pardoned for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has been arrested and accused of threatening to kill a member of Congress.

Christopher Moynihan, 34, was taken into custody in New York and charged with making a terrorist threat, authorities said.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by The New York Times , Moynihan sent a text message on Friday that read: “Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live. Even if I am hated he must be eliminated. I will kill him for the future.”

Jeffries — the House Democratic leader and representative of New York’s 8th Congressional District — was in the state Monday to speak at the Economic Club of New York.

In a statement, Jeffries than

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