Jury trial.
https://nypost.com/2022/03/08/guy-reffi ... iot-trial/Guy Reffitt, a 49-year-old member of the far-right “Texas Three Percenters” militia group, was found guilty on all five of the felony charges he faced, including bringing a gun onto the Capitol grounds and obstructing an official proceeding.
A federal jury in Washington, DC, handed down the unanimous verdict against Reffitt after just two hours of deliberation.
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Remember in light of these comments that Reffitt's wife, Nicole, was joined by Ashli Babbitt's mother in court today and after Reffitt was convicted at trial she told other Jan. 6 defendants not to take plea deals.
Kendra wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 3:31 pm https://twitter.com/alex_mallin/status/ ... 2583918593Remember in light of these comments that Reffitt's wife, Nicole, was joined by Ashli Babbitt's mother in court today and after Reffitt was convicted at trial she told other Jan. 6 defendants not to take plea deals.
Philly Boondoggle 
Has anyone reported if he's going directly to jail, or does he surrender at a later date?Reffitt initially was denied bail pending trial in 2021.
Normal people don't storm the Capitol carrying a gun and zip ties either. That the judge wouldn't do the "terrorism enhancement" for him leads me to believe that we aren't going to see that for any of these folks.
Minutes after Guy Reffitt was sentenced to 7 years in Capitol riot case... his daughter calls for "life in prison" for Donald Trump
They never learn, ETTD.To qualify for the terrorism enhancement under the federal sentencing guidelines, there has to be a “federal crime of terrorism.” As I understand it, those crimes are specifically identified in the guidelines, and it doesn’t appear that the judge believed Reffitt committed any of them. I don’t have an opinion one way or the other on the judge’s ruling, but I don’t believe he was charged with any of those crimes.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 5:42 pmNormal people don't storm the Capitol carrying a gun and zip ties either. That the judge wouldn't do the "terrorism enhancement" for him leads me to believe that we aren't going to see that for any of these folks.
Judge (tfg appointee) rejected DOJ terrorism enhancement.
Thank you for the education!Maybenaut wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 10:00 pmTo qualify for the terrorism enhancement under the federal sentencing guidelines, there has to be a “federal crime of terrorism.” As I understand it, those crimes are specifically identified in the guidelines, and it doesn’t appear that the judge believed Reffitt committed any of them. I don’t have an opinion one way or the other on the judge’s ruling, but I don’t believe he was charged with any of those crimes.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 5:42 pmNormal people don't storm the Capitol carrying a gun and zip ties either. That the judge wouldn't do the "terrorism enhancement" for him leads me to believe that we aren't going to see that for any of these folks.
That’s not to say that others who, unlike Reffitt, entered the capital and damaged government property, might not earn the enhancement. Time will tell.
The federal crimes of terrorism are defined in the link under section (g)(5).
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USC ... c2332b.pdf
And, alas, T.S. Eliot said it best: "The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason." We may all want Trump to spend life in prison, but it's not because Reffitt is going there, per se.
He was interviewed extensively on the Will Be Wild Podcast, highly recommended: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w ... 0556715324
Elsewhere in Capitol riot land, Guy Reffitt has filed notice of the expected appeal of his conviction and 87 month sentence.
Guy Reffitt, the Texas man who was first to stand trial in a Capitol riot case and was convicted by jury of bringing gun on to Capitol grounds, is now serving his prison sentence at the La Tuna federal correctional facility in Texas.
Estimated release date: March 2027
