Texas militia member Guy Wesley Reffitt has been sentenced to over seven years in prison for his role in the January 6th riots at the Capitol.
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The sentencing comes after a federal court jury in March delivered guilty verdicts on five criminal counts, including obstruction, against Guy Wesley Reffitt in the first jury trial to emerge from the government’s far-reaching investigation of the attack.
In an eleventh-hour attempt at an apology, Reffitt, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, stepped before a courtroom podium and offered a rambling, expletive-filled statement.
“I really do hate what I did,” he told U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich. “My mouth is my biggest enemy.” Before announcing the sentence, Friedrich described the former oil field worker’s unusual expression of remorse as “awfully late.”
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I guess he should have been born black, they can riot over anything anywhere and have no repercussions, they can invade any federal building and trash it then burn it to the ground and walk away Scot free.
This is not right !!!! It’s his right to take back the government if he feels they are not running things the right way !!!
Dw bros gonna get pardoned by trump if he comes back
Can’t help wondering where all the “good, get the insurrectionists” comments are…………🦗🦗🦗🦗
Where’s its hot as hell. Lol. 102 in the shade today. Sweating my bolas off.
The son has more common sense than the whole family put together ❤️
All of the people MURDERED during the summer of fire riots and we hear nothing about arrests or anything. Unbelievable. Democrats (ALL) should be ashamed.
Look at all the fascist maga whining and crying. Lock him up! Lock him up! Hope he likes warm bologna and weak tea…loser, and his old lady.
How much time did they give Ray Epps?????????
How does anyone see these people as being in the right? Unbelievable.
7 years for trespassing.
Where's Ray Epp????
Nobody talk about the girl that got kill is awful
FU CCP TODAY. And Ray FBI Epps walks free.
Hunter Biden can do just about anything short of murder, and the DOJ will try to hide it. But they will part the sea to prosecute a Trump voter for trespassing. Worthless pieces of crap – the entire DOJ and FBI
10 years less then Ms. Maxwell…..seems fair for the crimes
Doesn’t matter what side you’re on for this issue, the wife is correct. Kangaroo courts and gross political corruption feigning activism just serving the elites and their agendas now. We are witnessing the fall.
you people are so concerned or January 6 yet not a word of prosecution for antifa or Black Lives Matter for burning down cities, and by the way the only person that died January 6 was a Unarmed woman veteran shot and killed by our heroic capital police.
His mouth is not his biggest enemy, that would be the laws of the United States.
In order to get the great State of Texas to join the Union, they, and only they, have the ability to leave The United States of America…. BYE!!!
Commit federal crimes in an effort to overthrow the newly elected president, go to jail. Boo hoo.
TAKIN' OUT THE TRUMP TRASH
’March to the Capitol and protest peacefully’ —words that are actually well within the confines of the Constitution…where in there does it/did he say attack and breach the building??? 🤷🏼♂️😄
lol – his wife saying go to hell and I’m going back to Texas – you and the gop and Fox News and their fossil fuel paymasters have created this hell for yourselves and dragged the rest of democratic America there with you.
Political prosecution…unconstitutional
So I guess we’re all gonna meet in Texas!
Should of gotten more. Traitor.
Astounding how Nutty Nancy Chucky Schumer McConnell an goofball mayor Bowser are not investigated at all when they were in charge of security, this is Communist style propaganda hearing bottomline and it's disgusting!!
How long is the media going to cover for Ray Epps?
Urgent: In a precedent, the first of its kind, the veteran American policy that managed to break the blockade of Taiwan, Nancy Peulsi, announces that it supports democracy in Taiwan, in reference to "Taiwan independence." So far, the Chinese Foreign Ministry refused to comment, but it was rejecting any separatist ideas.
And yet nothing done to any b.l.m or antifa.
And these people want Trump in 2024.
Hey uh, if y’all vote a twice-impeached, disgraced narcissistic politically inept crybaby insurrection leader in office, it really shows a lot about the IQ of the “Republican” party.
“Democrats” and Biden won’t take my pick either. I’m going for Forward.
Have fun in prison Mr. – the wife's a piece of work too! How blind are these ruffians to not see the crap that went on Jan 6 was totally tyrannical; inhumane; barbaric & not in the least bit democratic. Worse than raging animals! Obviously none of the contributors to this appalling day had a life worth mentioning.
What about the police, that opened doors, gates and allowed these clowns inside. Where is there justice here?
To many unanswered questions here!!!
What about the women that was unarmed ,shot to death in the face though a 12” window, we’re is the police officer that murdered her, nothing but bs.
Unbelievable bs.
Better days on the horizon.
Has anyone ever tried to get in a court house or government office building without being allowed to enter by guards.
People, they were welcomed with open arms, big planned event.
America watched all the video.
Ray Epps…
Never heard of him…
Ghislaine Maxwell …
She is a criminal for being a madame…
Yeah but for who…
The unfortunate facts continue to elude the Media cycle…
That man and his wife are insane. I for one am happy he got the time he got, but I think he and everyone se involved deserve even more time.
I don't understand these simple minded idiots that would actually support the attack on the capitol and trying to overthrow a democratically elected president.
Keep in mind these are the same people that claim to be about rule of law and consequences. Hypocrisy.
to the wife´s terrorist at the end: indeed its political persecution, madam. terrorism IS a crime with political ideology supporting it. same goes to revolution, sedition and treason. yours failed, so deal with the consequences. and no trump to hand pardons over to scammers and murderous rioters, mind.
This is not America. We don't put people in jail this long for protesting our Government. This is wrong
if it wasnt for double standards then the left would have no standards at all
Food prices are through the roof, gas prices are through the roof, we're going into recession…. inflations at 9.1% and Democrats are worried about something happen on January 6th…. I'll tell you what happened on January 6th, a girl was murdered by the Policeman and the girl was unarmed.
Her name was Ashley Babbitt.
Hopefully his reality tv show will not be shown as well
How many people were prosecuted for burning down D.C. in the BLM riots of 2020? How much time did they get?
"Y'all can go to hell, and I'm going back to Texas." Spoken like a true Texan.
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How ironic
He is a treasonous criminal traitor. He got what deserves. A traitor from a race of traitors.