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In today's issue:

• White House demolition work sparks controversy

• Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter arrested over Jeffries threat

• Top prosecutor sends dozens of texts to journalist

• GOP uncomfortble with Trump pulling some funds

• Warner Bros. Discovery up for sale

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A pardoned Jan. 6 rioter allegedly threatened to kill Hakeem Jeffries:

Christopher Moynihan, a Jan. 6 rioter who was pardoned in January by President Trump, has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), according to multiple reports.

Details: He allegedly said in text messages that he planned to “eliminate” Jeffries at an event in New York City on Monday. “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," Moynihan allegedly wrote, according to prosecutors’ court filing.

What to know about Moynihan’s Jan. 6 participation: Prosecutors said he was one of the first to breach the U.S. Capitol grounds and reached the Senate floor. When inside, they said he flipped through a notebook on top of a senator's desk, saying, “There's gotta be something in here we can f---ing use against these ----bags," according to a filing.

Jeffries responds: The House Democratic leader released a statement this morning thanking law enforcement for arresting the man. He also bashed Trump for issuing a “blanket pardon” on the Jan. 6 rioters, noting that “many of the criminals released have committed additional crimes throughout the country.”

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) also condemned the alleged threat, though he wouldn’t condemn Trump’s move to pardon the man earlier this year.

What happens now?: The suspect will make his first court appearance in Dutchess County, N.Y., on Thursday. Read more from CBS News

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