High-Profile January 6 Rioter Released Despite Pending Gun Charge Guy Reffitt, a high-profile January 6 rioter, released post-pardon by Trump despite pending gun charges. Top News · Jan 24, 2025
‘Packing up our things’: January 6 prisoners prepare for Trump pardons The fourth anniversary of the US Capitol riot was met with hope by those convicted for trying to overturn 2020 election. Al Jazeera · Jan 6, 2025
‘We have our country back’: convicted January 6 rioters anticipate Trump pardons The president-elect has vowed to hand out pardons to non-violent offenders convicted for the assault on the US Capitol The Guardian - US · Jan 5, 2025
Texas Man Resentenced To Nearly Seven Years For Capitol Riot Texas man resentenced to nearly seven years for Capitol riot involvement after obstruction charge dismissal. Evidence of active participation and violent i... Top News · Dec 6, 2024
The first rioter tried on Jan. 6 charges gets reduced prison sentence after Supreme Court decision A Texas man who was the first rioter to go on trial for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has been resentenced on Friday to nearly seven years in prison The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2024
To plead or not to plead? That is the question for hundreds of Capitol riot defendants Hundreds of people charged with storming the U.S. Capitol three years ago have had a powerful incentive to plead guilty rather than go to trial The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2024
‘They fought for freedom’: the nightly vigil to sanctify the January 6 rioters On DC’s ‘Freedom Corner’, activists are convinced the January 6 attackers are political prisoners persecuted by the government The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2023
Donald Trump promises pardons and apologies for US Capitol convicts if elected again The riots in Washington on January 6 last year followed Trump's election defeat to Joe Biden, with 140 law-enforcement officials injured in the chaos and four people dying Daily Mirror · Sep 2, 2022
Time is running out. The Department of Justice must indict and convict Trump If Trump or any of the likely Republican nominees win in 2024, they will immediately move to protect those who attempted to overturn the 2020 election The Guardian - US · Aug 4, 2022
Trump news – live: Jan 6 criminal probe reportedly subpoenas former deputy White House counsel Follow for the latest news on the primaries in advance of the US midterm elections The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
"Trump deserves life in prison" "Trump deserves life in prison if my father is in prison for this long" Salon · Aug 2, 2022
U.S. Kills Al Qaeda Leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri. Will It Matter? Plus: Judge rejects "terrorism" label for January 6 defendant, dozens of abortion clinics have closed since June, FTC staff recommended against Meta lawsuit, and more... Reason · Aug 2, 2022
Trump news – latest: Jan 6 texts ‘wiped’ from Pentagon officials’ phones, court documents reveal Endorsement claimed by both frontrunners in key race for open seat The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022
Trump news – live: Confusion as ex-president appears to endorse multiple ‘Erics’ in Missouri Endorsement claimed by both frontrunners in key race for open seat The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022
Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2022 Militia member Guy Reffitt gets longest jail term so far for Capitol riot after being turned in by son A man convicted of storming the US Capitol with a gun has been given the longest jail term so far connected to the riot after being turned in by his son.
The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022 Daughter of jailed Capitol rioter says Trump ‘deserves life in prison’ ‘Trump deserves life in prison if my father is in prison for this long’
The Guardian - US · Aug 1, 2022 US Capitol attack: militia member gets longest prison sentence yet Man with ties to Three Percenters, who said he planned to violently drag Pelosi from building, sentenced to seven years
The Texas Tribune · Aug 1, 2022 Texan who prosecutors say “lit the match” of Jan. 6 riot sentenced to more than 7 years in prison Guy Reffitt, a 49-year-old Wylie resident, never entered the Capitol but helped ignite the crowd “into an unstoppable force,” a prosecutor at his trial said. His sentence is the longest given out so far from the Jan. 6 riot.
The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022 Guy Reffitt: Militia member given longest sentence yet for role in Capitol riot Reffitt told his children not to report him because ‘traitors get shot’
The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022 Man who stormed Capitol with gun gets 87 months in prison A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun helmet and body armor was sentenced on Monday to 87 months — more than seven years — in prison
Axios · Jul 17, 2022 Federal prosecutors seek 15-year sentence, the longest thus far, for Capitol rioter Guy Reffitt was the first Jan. 6 defendant to go to trial and was found guilty on all charges earlier this year.
WEKU · Jul 13, 2022 How Trump's 'will be wild!' tweet drew rioters to the Capitol on Jan. 6 In the cases against the hundreds of Capitol riot defendants, attorneys repeatedly reference how Trump's tweet motivated rioters to come to Washington, D.C. — sometimes with weapons and armor in tow.
Los Angeles Times · May 26, 2022 Robin Abcarian: A Texas teen put his country first — and the 'Big Lie' Republicans to shame I can barely keep count of the people I know who have had a falling out with family members or friends over Donald Trump, his corrosive racism, COVID denialism or his undying, narcissistic insistence that he won the 2020 presidential election.
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022 FBI has hundreds of names of Capitol riot suspects but DOJ needs more lawyers to prosecute them, report says More than 775 Capitol rioters have been arrested and more than 225 have pleaded guilty
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022 Man who testified at his Capitol riot trial awaits verdict A federal judge is set to deliver a verdict in the trial of a New Mexico man who claims a police officer waved him into the U.S. Capitol building after a riot erupted on Jan. 6, 2021