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TexasTowelie

(112,204 posts)
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 04:12 PM Dec 2021

US Capitol rioter 'sought to physically remove' Pelosi and McConnell, prosecutors say

(CNN) -- Justice Department prosecutors say they have evidence that an alleged rioter who brought a gun to the US Capitol on January 6 was targeting both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

According to a filing Thursday, Guy Reffitt, a member of the Texas Three Percenter militia, "specifically targeted at least two lawmakers -- the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and then-Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell -- whom he sought to physically remove or displace from the Capitol building."

Prosecutors aim to prove the allegation at Reffitt's trial, which is tentatively scheduled for late February. He will be the first January 6 defendant to go to trial, and is facing five federal charges. He has pleaded not guilty, and has been in jail since his arrest in January.

According to court documents, Reffitt drove to Washington, DC, days before the riot, carrying an AR-15 rifle and pistol in his car. Prosecutors say Reffitt wore body armor and carried his pistol and plastic cuff restraints on the Capitol grounds on January 6.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/03/politics/guy-reffitt-targetting-pelosi-mcconnell-january-6/index.html

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US Capitol rioter 'sought to physically remove' Pelosi and McConnell, prosecutors say (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2021 OP
another prick with the fascist hero complex. Gonna save Murica for the Pig. Thomas Hurt Dec 2021 #1
And yet the MAGA moron in chief is concerned about crowd sizes. Initech Dec 2021 #2
That should be good for two weekends in jail. NBachers Dec 2021 #3
They found a bipartisan! /nt bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #4
That kind of made me laugh. llmart Dec 2021 #5
Life in prison. NO possibility of parole. paleotn Dec 2021 #6
Wonder if the MAGA underlings think it disconcerting that 2 of their 'heroes' rurallib Dec 2021 #7
That's a conspiracy to kidnap our top elected officials. zaj Dec 2021 #8
The noose wasn't a prop. sarcasmo Dec 2021 #9
THROW HIM IN JAIL .... 594 YEARS AND NEVER LET HIM OUT. Trueblue1968 Dec 2021 #10
Lock him up and throw away the key! Initech Dec 2021 #11
And the Slobfather was the author of this coup malaise Dec 2021 #12
And the Slobfather was the author of this coup malaise Dec 2021 #13

Initech

(100,076 posts)
2. And yet the MAGA moron in chief is concerned about crowd sizes.
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 04:28 PM
Dec 2021

He should be concerned with the quality of people he attracts to the MAGA movement, he is not getting the best people. Though he is a garbage person, and his fan base reflects that.

paleotn

(17,917 posts)
6. Life in prison. NO possibility of parole.
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 05:55 PM
Dec 2021

Spruce up a nice spot in ADX Florence for them. All of them.

No quarter for fascist insurrectionists. None.

rurallib

(62,416 posts)
7. Wonder if the MAGA underlings think it disconcerting that 2 of their 'heroes'
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 06:14 PM
Dec 2021

(Pence and McConnell) were on somebody's hit list for the day. Sure would make me wonder what kind of folks I was hanging with. Also make me wonder how expendable I was.........

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