A Georgia man pardoned by Trump for Jan. 6 is accused of threatening federal judges on Facebook. Here’s what prosecutors say and why it matters.

Cleveland Meredith Jr. was previously convicted of threatening to shoot Nancy Pelosi in the head.

By Nate Raymond Nov 3 (Reuters) - A man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump after pleading guilty to a charge related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has been arrested and charged with threatening judges who presided over cases concerning the riot.

President Trump suggested in an interview that he would consider pardons for allies, including Elon Musk. “We’ll just have to protect those people,” the president said in an interview with Pod Force One.

The president made the comments during an interview with the New York Post released on Nov. 2. Trump dismissed a suggestion that Democrats would attempt to nationalize Musk's SpaceX and said he would be willing to offer pardons to any of his allies targeted by investigations.

Trump-pardoned Jan. 6 figure Cleve Meredith faces a new federal criminal complaint after allegedly threatening to execute federal judges.

We just have to protect those people,” President Trump said in an interview, when asked about potential investigations of allies and administration officials if Democrats won control of Congress.

President Trump vowed to protect Elon Musk and White House aides and suggested he could issue pardons to protect them as Democrats eye investigations.

President Trump tore into his former personal attorney Alina Habba on Saturday night, calling her reported $50 million contract with the family of a Venezuelan banker he later pardoned “totally obnoxious and outrageous.