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Pardoned Jan. 6 Defendant Charged With Threatening Federal Judges

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Pardoned Jan. 6 Defendant Charged With Threatening Federal Judges Authored by Zachary Stieber via Epoch Times , A man who served time in prison for a crime related to the 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol is facing a new charge after allegedly threatening to kill federal judges involved in cases related to the breach .

Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. was charged with threatening to injure federal judges in Washington, according to court documents first reported by Court Watch after being unsealed on Nov. 2. In an affidavit supporting the charge, an FBI agent said Meredith wrote in an April 23 post on Facebook that "ALL J6 Federal JUDGES will be EXECUTED!" The Facebook user went by the name Cleve Meredith and was identified as Meredith using data from Google and Meta, among other companies.

Meredith was ordered detained until a hearing on Nov. 5. A public defender appointed to represent Meredith did not return a request for comment by the time of publication.