A New York man who was pardoned for crimes committed during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, New York State Police said Tuesday.

According to a felony complaint, Christopher Moynihan, 34, sent text messages on Oct. 17 saying “Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live” and “Even if I am heated he must be eliminated,” followed by “I will kill him for the future.”

Jeffries is the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives and represents New York's 8th Congressional District.

Moynihan was charged with making a terroristic threat, a class D felony.

He was arraigned on Sunday in the town of Clinton Court, in Dutchess County, and bail was set

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