Armed Jan. 6 rioter had zip ties during Capitol attack, friend testifies at trial (Reffitt)

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/armed-jan-6-rioter-zip-ties-capitol-attack-friend-testifies-trial-rcna18733

WASHINGTON — Guy Reffitt was armed with a handgun and zip ties when he tried to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a friend and fellow member of a right-wing group testified at the first Capitol riot trial on Friday.

Rocky Hardie, a former member of the Texas Three Percenters, testified that he and Reffitt traveled to D.C. from Texas in Reffitt’s Chevy Equinox, that was loaded up with their rifles, their handguns, and ammo.

Jurors previously heard testimony from Reffitt's son Jackson Reffitt, who tipped off the FBI about his father before Jan. 6, and then recorded his dad bragging about his participation in the riot. The jury is expected to begin deliberating next week.

Hardie testified that they stopped in Virginia to take their weapons apart before they traveled to the hotel where they stayed in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.

Hardie described preparing for the events of the day on the morning of Jan. 6, describing how they went to Reffitt's car and reassembled their rifles (which he said they left in the vehicle) and strapped their handguns to their bodies before they went to former President Donald Trump's rally that preceded the Capitol attack.

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[world wide wally]

1. If they want to play with guns so much, send them to Ukraine

[2naSalit]

3. Except they'd be helping putler instead.

[world wide wally]

4. I'm sure it wouldn't be long before the Ukranians had them calling their moms at home

[2naSalit]

5. Well, there is that.

Our brand of weenie wavers are chickenhawks, they wouldn't last long in real battle.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Probably hasn't occurred to this nutjob that he went way over the line given...

his own son ratted him out.

[crickets]

6. Things don't sound too rosy for Reffitt. K&R for visibility.