The New York State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation at Poughkeepsie (BCI), in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Joint Terrorism Task Force (FBI-JTTF), announces the arrest of Christopher Moynihan, 34, of Clinton, New York, for Making a Terroristic Threat, a Class D felony. He could face up to seven years in prison.
MAGAt Moynihan said in text messages that he planned to “eliminate” Hakeem Jeffries when the top House Democrat spoke at the Economic Club of New York on Monday.
According to a court filing by prosecutors in the New York state criminal case, Moynihan allegedly wrote:
“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,” the filing said.
Following a thorough investigation, Moynihan was arrested and arraigned before the Town of Clinton Court. He was remanded to the Dutchess County Justice and Transition Center in lieu of $10,000 cash bail, a $30,000 bond, or an $80,000 partially secured bond.
MAGAt Moynihan joins a long list of pardoned, January 6 insurrectionists that have gone on to commit more crimes. In a March 2025 floor speech, Sen. Dick Durbin, a member of Senate Democratic leadership from Illinois, listed the names of accused rioters who had been arrested again