Pardoned January 6 Participant Charged With Threatening Federal Judges
Cleveland Meredith, who was pardoned by President Trump for his role in the January 6 attack, faces new charges over alleged threats against federal judges.
A man pardoned by President Trump for taking part in the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol has been charged with threatening federal judges, according to reporting by the Guardian report on the arrest and The Hill. The Guardian reported that Cleveland Meredith was arrested after allegedly posting a call to execute all judges involved in the 2021 Capitol attack trials.
The Guardian also reported that the judges Meredith is accused of threatening presided over his case and other cases arising from the violent attack. Its summary said he had been pardoned for participating in the attack and had threatened to kill then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a matter the summary described without giving further detail.
The Hill, in a separate report on the charges, said Meredith is a Georgia man who was previously convicted in relation to the Capitol attack and was pardoned by President Trump. Citing an FBI affidavit, The Hill reported that Meredith threatened Washington, D.C., federal judges with execution in a post to Facebook.
The two accounts differ on the scope of the threat. The Guardian described the targets as judges involved in the Capitol attack trials, including the judges in his own case. The Hill described the targets as federal judges in Washington, D.C. Its summary does not say whether those judges were the same ones who presided over Meredith's own case.
Both outlets identified the man as Cleveland Meredith and both described his pardon. The summaries available for this report do not state the date of his arrest, the court where the charges were filed, or whether he has entered a plea. The Hill's account also cut off its quotation of the post, so the full wording of the alleged threat was not available in the material reviewed.
Sources: The Guardian: Pardoned January 6 participant charged over alleged threats to kill federal judges; The Hill: Pardoned Jan 6 defendant charged with threatening to assassinate DC federal judges.