Pardoning Capitol Rioters: When Justice is Undermined, Threats Against Leaders Follow

In a troubling development that exposes the dangerous fallout of mass pardons granted to Capitol rioters, Christopher P. Moynihan, once sentenced for his role in the January 6th breach, has been arrested on charges of threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. This latest incident raises serious questions about Washington's priorities and its commitment to public safety. When Pardons Protect Threats Instead of Justice Moynihan’s threat was chillingly clear: text messages demanding that Jeffries "must be eliminated" and stating "I will kill him for the future." Yet, only months earlier, this individual benefited from a controversial mass pardon handed...