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A rioter who was pardoned by Donald Trump for the felony he was convicted of in the storming of the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 has pleaded guilty to a harassment charge over threats to kill the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries.

Christopher Moynihan, 35, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge in a hearing in Clinton, New York, prosecutors said, and will be sentenced in April. His representative could not immediately be reached.

“Threats against elected officials are not political speech, they are criminal acts that strike at the heart of public safety and our democratic system,” the district attorney for Dutchess county, Anthony Parisi, said in a statement.

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Wasn't just swept along in the crowd either, he was looking for the secret pedo documents (no, wait, not THOSE secret pedo documents!) in the binders and taking pictures of whatever boring administrative bullshit was really in there.

Between you all and me, I think he's just trying to find his chin.

[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago

He must be extra stupid if ICE didn't hire this guy. Because we all know he applied for the job.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah. That's what a real "patriot" looks like, folks.

[–] JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's unfortunate. Hakeem kind of sucks though.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yeah but this guy thinks Jeffries sucks for all the wrongest and dumbest reasons.

“Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live … I will kill him for the future,” the text messages read, according to the complaint.

These people think Hakeem Jeffries is a terrorist and ICE are not. They have a chronic and incurable case of wrong-about-every-damn-thing.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most of the weird complaints about Dems, by the nutters, are just...weird. There is always something legitimate to bitch about, but they just manufacture some bullshit and then focus on that.

[–] JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Right. If he had been pissed about Jeffries voting yes on the Genius Act or something similar I could respect that.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Hakeem Jeffries should write him a very sternly worded letter. It will convince him to change

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

WHY would he Threaten someone trying to HELP Him?

[–] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

He certainly looks well adjusted.

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Asshole can’t help but act like assholes. Time for The Idiot to issue a second pardon to another one of his lovers.

[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

‘Very special people’ indeed.

[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Lock him up! Again.

[–] rayyy@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

The objective of the orange criminal/pedophile is to elevate sycophant ass-kissers, criminals and pedophiles while imprisoning decent, hard-working individuals and those who do not bow and cower before him.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

That guy looks like what you'd get if Steve Buscemi rogered a gibbon.