TOWN OF CLINTON, New York (WWNY) - A New York man whose conviction for storming the U.S. Capitol was erased by President Donald Trump’s mass pardons has been arrested on a charge that he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Christopher Moynihan of Dutchess County is accused of sending a text message on Friday, noting that Jeffries, a New York Democrat, would be making a speech in New York City this week.

“I cannot allow this terrorist to live,” Moynihan wrote, according to a report by a state police investigator. Moynihan also wrote that Jeffries “must be eliminated” and texted, “I will kill him for the future,” the police report says.

Moynihan is charged with a felony count of making a terroristic threat. It was unclear if he had an attorney representing him in the

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