First January 6 Defendant To Face Trial Found Guilty by D.C. Jury

American Greatness ^ | March 8, 2022 | Julie Kelly

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Guy Reffitt, the first man to stand trial for his involvement in the Capitol protest on January 6, 2021, has been found guilty on all counts.

A jury in the District of Columbia deliberated for roughly three hours before finding Reffitt guilty on five charges—including one controversial count of obstruction of an official proceeding, a charge dismissed by a federal judge yesterday in a separate January 6 case—raising concerns that January 6 defendants will not find an impartial jury in a city that voted nearly 94 percent for Joe Biden. He was represented by a court-appointed attorney.

Reffitt did not enter the Capitol building on January 6; five months after his initial indictment, the Justice Department indicted Reffitt for bringing a firearm to the grounds of the Capitol based on photographs obtained by the government. Reffitt’s son, Jackson, who opposes his father’s political views, recorded conversations between the family after January 6 and turned the recordings over to the FBI; Jackson testified for the prosecution at trial.

A juror afterwards told a CBS News reporter that the case was “simple” and there was “not a dissenting voice in the jury room.”

Reffitt has been incarcerated since his arrest in January 2021, denied release twice by U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee. Friedrich also denied Reffitt’s motion for change of venue. Two surveys conducted by defense teams earlier this year revealed extreme bias in the prospective jury pool; one poll showed that 74 percent of D.C. residents believe anyone who participated in the events of January 6 should be convicted of “insurrection” and 64 percent believe even nonviolent protesters should be held criminally responsible for what happened that day.

[wiley]

I remember the day when Americans deplored this kind of activity in the Soviet Union and, here we are. It’s disgusting.

[wiley]

“It’s time to carve the place up, give it back to the surrounding states, leave the Capitol, White House and Supreme Court as the runt District and let Bowser and her buddies go back to being ignominious denizens of Maryland and Virginia. Agencies can be broken up and parcelled out to all the States so that direct federal contact can be made when necessary.”

This is the best idea posited in a long time.

[cherry]

unless this accused is black, he did not get a jury of his peers....

that so called son will regret the karma that is coming his way...