Capitol Riot man faces own son as witness in federal court

[marmar]

Guy Reffitt, a 49-year-old man from Texas, was the first to stand trial for felony charges stemming from his participation in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Reffitt is charged with obstruction, civil disorder, and carrying a firearm while on Capitol property.

One of the witnesses to take the stand to testify against Reffitt was his own teenage son, Jackson Reffitt, who spoke about Googling an FBI tip line to report his father's actions during the Capitol riots.

Scott MacFarlane, a CBS News Congressional Correspondent, live-tweeted from the court room during Jackson's testimony, and you can read that thread in full here:

Link to tweet

Jackson stated that his relationship with his father began to go downhill after the 2020 election, according to Huffington Post, and that he felt "paranoid" that his father's rhetoric would one day lead to violence. .............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2022/03/03/capitol-riot-man-faces-own-son-as-witness-in/

[lagomorph777]

1. Huge props to Jackson. Very brave and patriotic young man.

I hope DOJ has the decency to protect him from his father.

[samnsara]

2. dad should consider this an intervention

[Beachnutt]

3. He should come clean

and place the blame where it belongs on the rethug party and the right wing media for brainwashing folks.