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In reply to the discussion: Jury finds first US Capitol riot defendant to go on trial guilty on all counts [View all]LetMyPeopleVote
(157,542 posts)24. This asshole being convicted should be a warning to the other defendants/assholes/terroriist
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A little more than a year after a group of pro-Trump rioters overwhelmed police, stormed the U.S. Capitol, and temporarily halted the country's peaceful transfer of power, a jury has unanimously returned a verdict in the first trial stemming from the events on Jan. 6, 2021:
Guilty on all counts.
The defendant, 49-year-old Guy Wesley Reffitt of Texas, was found guilty of these five criminal charges: Transporting a Firearm in Furtherance of a Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering or Remaining in a Restricted Area or Grounds with a Firearm; Obstructing Officers During a Civil Disorder; and Obstruction of JusticeHindering Communication Through Force or Threat of Physical Force.
It took two days to seat a jury made up of Washington, D.C. residents. Many potential jurors said they lived or worked near the Capitol building - the scene of multiple crimes in this case - or even knew Capitol Police officers who were injured that day, which complicated jury selection. Judge Dabney Friedrich sought jurors who could keep an "open mind," despite anything they had heard before. The jury ultimately included employees of NASA and the Department of Defense, as well as a public school maintenance supervisor.
Guilty on all counts.
The defendant, 49-year-old Guy Wesley Reffitt of Texas, was found guilty of these five criminal charges: Transporting a Firearm in Furtherance of a Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering or Remaining in a Restricted Area or Grounds with a Firearm; Obstructing Officers During a Civil Disorder; and Obstruction of JusticeHindering Communication Through Force or Threat of Physical Force.
It took two days to seat a jury made up of Washington, D.C. residents. Many potential jurors said they lived or worked near the Capitol building - the scene of multiple crimes in this case - or even knew Capitol Police officers who were injured that day, which complicated jury selection. Judge Dabney Friedrich sought jurors who could keep an "open mind," despite anything they had heard before. The jury ultimately included employees of NASA and the Department of Defense, as well as a public school maintenance supervisor.
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Jury finds first US Capitol riot defendant to go on trial guilty on all counts [View all]
Wicked Blue
Mar 2022
OP
I hope the sentence is not three hail Marys and a "don't do it again, please."
Chainfire
Mar 2022
#6
He's going to wish he'd taken a deal. Transporting gunz to insurrection ain't cool.
Hoyt
Mar 2022
#11
I am sure there were handcuffs involved in this so there is no more excuse to deny it happened.
Beastly Boy
Mar 2022
#14
This asshole being convicted should be a warning to the other defendants/assholes/terroriist
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2022
#24