A Georgia man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump after admitting he threatened to “put a bullet” in Nancy Pelosi’s head is facing a new federal charge. This time he’s accused of threatening to kill federal judges.
Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr., 58, is charged with transmitting interstate threats, according to a criminal complaint filed under seal Oct. 29 in federal court in Atlanta. FBI Special Agent Richard Taylor of the Atlanta Division’s Domestic Terrorism Squad swore to the complaint by phone before U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Elizabeth McBath, who found probable cause.
According to the FBI affidavit, Meredith posted on Facebook on April 23: “ALL J6 Federal JUDGES will be EXECUTED!” The FBI’s National Threat Operations Center got an online tip about the post the same day.
The Facebook account, under the name “Cleve MEREDITH,” describes its owner as “J6NUMBER1 Winner of the J6 Challenge” and has about 2,900 followers, the affidavit says. Investigators tied the account to Meredith through records from Meta, T-Mobile and Google. Google data showed the account’s email was accessed the night of the post from a device in Canton, Georgia, according to the affidavit.
Because the post targeted “J6 Federal JUDGES,” the FBI said it “appears to have been directed at public officials located in Washington, D.C.” outside Georgia.
The affidavit also says an FBI agent had interviewed Meredith twice before over social media posts “which appeared to be threatening in nature.” The first interview was in November 2024 at the federal courthouse in Gainesville, Georgia, and the second was by phone in August 2025.
“The message, which expressly threatened execution, constituted a true threat under the circumstances,” Taylor wrote. He added that “MEREDITH’s history of violent online rhetoric indicates that he knowingly sent the message.”
Meredith has been here before. According to the complaint, he admitted to driving into Washington on the evening of Jan. 6, 2021, while carrying a pistol, a rifle, about 2,500 rounds of ammunition and 10 large-capacity magazines. On Jan. 7, while still in Washington, he texted a relative in Georgia that he intended to “put a bullet” in the head of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
He pleaded guilty to interstate threats in September 2021 and was sentenced to 28 months in prison, Newsweek reported. Trump pardoned him on Jan. 20, 2025, his first day back in office, under the proclamation covering offenses related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The complaint notes the pardon in a footnote.
“A Jan. 6 defendant — pardoned by Trump for threatening to ‘put a bullet’ in Nancy Pelosi’s head while driving around D.C. with guns/ammo — has been newly charged with threatening to assassinate D.C.’s federal judges,” wrote Politico senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney.
Cheney credited Seamus Hughes of Court Watch, who first spotted the filing. Hughes posted, “News orgs should have people that check the federal dockets for stories,” and added, “Just cite Court Watch this time, guys.”