# Cleveland Meredith charged over alleged threats against US judges

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/pardoned-january-6-participant-charged-over-alleged-threats-to-kill-federal-judges/
- Published: 2026-11-03T22:11:27+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T22:21:35+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/03/jan-6-rioter-judges-murder-threat
- Topics: Americas, Culture, World

## Key points

- Meredith faces new charges over alleged threats against federal judges.
- Prosecutors cite posts calling for executions and firing squads.
- He was pardoned after a 2021 sentence for threatening Nancy Pelosi.

## Summary

Newly added court filings say Cleveland Meredith had been referred to the FBI in July 2025 over a separate threat to an unnamed person, and prosecutors allege he has threatened and harassed people and institutions online for at least 16 months. He was arrested on Monday and charged over alleged threats to kill federal judges involved in cases arising from the 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack.

Prosecutors cite an April Facebook post calling for all January 6 federal judges to be executed, as well as later messages referring to firing squads after the midterm elections. Meredith was sentenced to 28 months in 2021 for threatening to shoot then House speaker Nancy Pelosi, but Donald Trump pardoned him in 2025 as part of clemency for nearly 1,600 people charged or convicted over the Capitol attack.

## Coverage

- [The Guardian: Cleveland Meredith charged over alleged threats against US judges](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/03/jan-6-rioter-judges-murder-threat)
- [The Hill: Pardoned Jan 6 defendant charged with threatening to assassinate DC federal judges ](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6194080-georgia-man-charged-threatening-judges/)

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