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By John Wright
Published February 25, 2022
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An alleged Capitol rioter who is set to be the first Jan. 6 defendant to stand trial beginning Monday issued a defiant jailhouse statement this week.
The beginning of the 1/6 Political Prisoner trials, Guy Reffitt of Texas said in the statement, which was posted on a Telegram channel dedicated to sharing messages from Jan. 6 defendants. Orwellian thought crimes, Spies, and the Ministry of Truth.
Reffitt, an oil worker and member of the Three Percenters militia group who was armed with a handgun on Jan. 6, is charged with five felonies in connection with the insurrection. He is also accused of threatening his children if they contacted the FBI, saying, "If you turn me in, you're a traitor and you know what happens to traitors
traitors get shot."
https://www.rawstory.com/guy-reffitt-2656794537/
I guess this dude has no clue that you cannot threaten a witness......just throw away the key....I don't like traitors that try to over throw a government .......
Lunabell
(6,089 posts)Then he really could die for his cause.
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)Lunabell
(6,089 posts)My dad was a right winger, but he loved his family more than his party.
canuckledragger
(1,642 posts)Cowards are like that.
RockRaven
(14,974 posts)With the plea deals they almost always drop most of the charges in exchange for getting the certainty of one or two "guilty" verdicts, but the number of individual counts of which one is guilty matters a great deal when it comes to sentencing.
He's going away for a long-ass time if he gets convicted of all five felonies.
ShazzieB
(16,426 posts)Good for them!
Hassler
(3,379 posts)struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)with firearm; aiding and abetting obstruction of official proceeding; obstructing officers during
civil disorder; and obstruction of justice through physical force or threat ...
None of those are capitol crimes
So what's he talking about? Did he murder or attempt to murder witnesses?
orleans
(34,060 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I'd say that with this trial and these charges, old Guy has peaked.
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)MARISA SARNOFF
Dec 15th, 2021, 3:05 pm
... Reffitt .. argued that the Electoral College certification of the 2020 presidential election results was not an official proceeding for purposes of the statute, and that the word corruptly was unconstitutionally vague ...
https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-siege/texas-man-who-stormed-capitol-argues-federal-obstruction-charge-violates-his-constitutional-rights/
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)MARISA SARNOFFDec 29th, 2021, 4:11 pm
... U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich denied Guy Reffitts motion to dismiss the charge of obstructing an official proceeding of Congress ...
https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-siege/judge-rules-obstruction-charge-for-alleged-militia-member-accused-in-capitol-siege-can-stay-for-now/
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)Author: Jordan Fischer, Eric Flack, Stephanie Wilson
Published: 1:12 PM EST February 8, 2022
Updated: 3:07 PM EST February 8, 2022
WASHINGTON Two children of a Texas Three Percenter charged in the Capitol riot will testify before a jury this month that he threatened their lives if they turned him in to the FBI, according to a witness list submitted this week by the Justice Department ...
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/what-to-know-as-the-first-capitol-riot-case-goes-to-trial-guy-reffitt-january-6-three-percenter-militia-trump-wylie-texas/65-8c255505-2e92-4ea1-bb98-05b05167caea