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A son reported his father to the FBI weeks before the Capitol siege. He says
https://www.businessinsider.com/son-reported-his-father-to-fbi-before-he-stormed-capitol-2021-1?ampNote: Orig story at NYT, for those with subscription.
The 18-year-old son of a man charged in connection with the Capitol siege said he warned the FBI about his father weeks before the deadly riot, The New York Times reported.
"He would always tell me that he's going to do something big," the son, Jackson Reffitt, told The Times of his father, Guy Reffitt. "I assumed he was going to do something big, and I didn't know what."
Guy Reffitt was arrested on January 16 on charges of obstruction of justice and of knowingly entering a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, according to an FBI affidavit that Insider reviewed. The Times said it was unclear what the FBI did after Jackson Reffitt's initial tip..
More at link.