Guy Reffitt
Posted on 03/08/2022 10:52:25 AM PST by Coronal
WASHINGTON — The first Jan. 6 defendant to take his case to trial has been found guilty on five counts related to his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Guy Reffitt, a Texas man who attempted to storm the U.S. Capitol while allegedly armed with a gun and zip ties, was convicted of all five counts he was charged with, including transport of a firearm in support of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. Jurors began deliberating on Tuesday morning after a week-long trial in which they heard testimony from Reffitt's teenage son Jackson Reffitt, who tipped off the FBI about his father before the Jan. 6 attack.
Prosecutors, quoting Reffitt's own words, argued that the defendant "lit the match" on the west side of the Capitol, where some of the most brutal attacks on law enforcement took place. Video shows Reffitt, with a blue jacket that covers his waistband, leading the mob up the steps of the Capitol, besides the platform where Joe Biden was inaugurated.
The most damning evidence against the Donald Trump supporter was produced by the defendant himself. Over and over again — both before and after Jan. 6 — he recorded himself in various forums talking about what he planned to do and what he did. He even bragged about his conduct on a Zoom call that he recorded himself, which the government found on an external hard drive.
More than 750 people have been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, and hundreds more cases are in the works. Over 200 defendants have already been sentenced.
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Show trial of mentally ill.
I have zero sympathy for this guy. Extremely stupid.
“Reffitt’s teenage son Jackson Reffitt, who tipped off the FBI about his father before the Jan. 6 attack.”
Did anyone ever send a tip about Ray Epps? FBI seems to have missed that one.
I hope this loser kid doesn't live at home.
Where is the Gulag located?
Came here specifically to find out about this case. Heavy play on CNN and MSNBC. But I didn’t hear that they got him for insurrection, did they?
America is designed to effect change through peaceful elections.Until they are stolen. Then all bets are off.
America is designed to effect change through peaceful elections.Until they are stolen. Then all bets are off.
What are the charges, can’t seem to read the article.
Hopefully they don’t hang him. These dictatorial bastards need to be hanged themselves.
Show trial.
All of us refusenicks are going to be put in gulags.
No way he gets a fair trial in DC. No way any of us get any fairness out of DC. Every congress critter and senator that has not spoken out on this unfairness should be removed.
“... armed with a gun and zip ties ...”
If this is true, I agree. Extremely stupid.
They put him on trial first because they knew it was a slam dunk. Watch the evidence get more flimsy as the rest come to trial.
What the hell were the charges, worst thread ever. Can’t seem to open the article, damn it!
This is the first that I have heard that any January 6 defendant had a gun. I wonder what kind of gun it was.
I forget the exact figure -- after all the bodies of the dead cops were counted was it in the hundreds, or was it over a thousand?
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