A New York man who received a pardon from President Donald Trump for ransacking a desk in Congress during the Jan. 6 riot is once again a convicted criminal after he admitted to threatening House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Christopher Moynihan, 35, pleaded guilty to second-degree aggravated harassment, a misdemeanor, the Dutchess County District Attorney said in a press release. As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors dropped the felony making a terrorist threat charge.
District Attorney Anthony Parisi said the resolution of the case “ensures accountability and public safety.”
“Threats against elected officials are not political speech, they are criminal acts that strike at the heart of public safety and our democratic system. My office treats these cases with the utmost seriousness because words intended to intimidate or terrorize can have real-world consequences,” he said.
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