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Breaking News: A Texas man who helped lead a mob against the police during the Jan. 6 attack was found guilty in the first criminal trial related to the riot. https://t.co/4r938o9T9X
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 8, 2022
From the New York Times:
They included obstructing Congress’s certification of the 2020 presidential election by helping to lead a pro-Trump mob in an advance against the police that resulted in the first violent breach of the building on Jan. 6, 2021.
Mr. Reffitt was also convicted of wearing an illegal pistol on his hip during the attack and of later threatening his teenage son and daughter to keep them from turning him in to the authorities.
He faces up to 20 years in prison on the obstruction count alone.
Reffitt’s 19-year-old son Jackson testified against his father during the trial saying his father had threatened him should Jackson acknowledge to authorities he knew of his father’s participation in the invasion. “He said, ‘If you turn me in, you’re a traitor,’” Jackson recounted to the court. His father then added, “And traitors get shot.” I’m guessing threatening to kill your kids wasn’t a good look to the jury.
BREAKING: Guy Reffitt became the first Jan. 6 rioter to get convicted by a jury on Tuesday https://t.co/csNoUIs24B
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 8, 2022
I think it’s a pretty good bet that others that have been charged in the violent riot are making calls to their attorneys tonight asking about plea deals. More than 750 participants in the Capitol invasion have been charged with crimes ranging from trespassing to seditious conspiracy. Of those, over 200 have already pleaded guilty.
Breaking: Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts in first Jan. 6 Capitol riot trial, by @rachelweinerwp and @hsu_spencer https://t.co/o5RhGzbrpO
— Tom Jackman (@TomJackmanWP) March 8, 2022
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