A man who took part in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and received a full pardon from President Donald Trump was arrested last week after making threats to the life of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Prosecutors charged Christopher Moynihan with making terroristic threats toward the Democratic New York lawmaker. He will make his first court appearance on Thursday.

Moynihan’s text messages constitute a clear murder threat against Jeffries.

“Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live,” Moynihan is alleged to have said in one message.

“Even if I am hated, he must be eliminated, I will kill him for the future,” Moynihan also said.

The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) was reportedly advised

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