Man arrested in Virginia is latest Jan. 6 defendant to face new charges
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Jonathan Munafo is among the Jan. 6 riot defendants who have been arrested on charges in new cases in the months after their pardons.
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Politics Man arrested in Virginia is latest in series of Jan. 6 riot defendants to face new charges By Scott MacFarlane Scott MacFarlane Justice Correspondent Scott MacFarlane is CBS News' Justice correspondent. He has covered Washington for two decades, earning 20 Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards. His reporting has resulted directly in the passage of five new laws. Read Full Bio Scott MacFarlane March 4, 2026 / 7:23 PM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Jonathan Munafo is the latest pardoned U.S. Capitol riot defendant to again run afoul of the law. Court records reviewed by CBS News said Munafo was arrested Tuesday in Richmond, Virginia, where he was found allegedly violating supervised release conditions in a federal threat case. In a court filing Wednesday, the Justice Department said Munafo had absconded "from supervision in the Northern District of New York." As a result, the district's probation officer filed a petition reporting the violation and requested that Munafo's supervised release be revoked. Munafo was among the Jan. 6 rioters and defendants convicted or accused of violent attacks against police during the Capitol siege and pardoned by President Trump last year. Prosecutors said Munafo punched a Metropolitan Police Department officer twice while attempting to rip the officer's riot shield away. But Munafo was not completely absolved by Mr. Trump's pardon. He later pleaded guilty in a federal threats case in Michigan in 2022. Prosecutors said Munafo made dozens of menacing phone calls on Jan. 5, 2021, to a government facility near Battle Creek, Michigan. The feds said he threatened to "cut the throat" of a 911 dispatcher and threatened the dispatcher's family. Munafo was later accused of violating release conditions in the threats case in May 2025. Local authorities accused him of flooding his jail cell and breaking a sprinkler device in Rensselaer County, New York. A court docket in New York said Munafo acknowledged violating his release restrict...
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