A Washington, D.C., jury found Guy Wesley Reffitt, the first Capitol insurrection defendant to go to trial, guilty on all five charges he faced. Reffitt, who is aligned with the far-right militia the Three Percenters, led the pro-Trump mob that breached the Capitol building as Congress was certifying the 2020 election. He also threatened his children so they wouldn’t turn him in to authorities. His 19-year-old son, Jackson Reffitt, nonetheless shared information with the FBI about his father’s participation in the attack and testified against him during the trial. Guy Reffitt now faces 20 years in prison for obstruction of Congress and obstruction of justice.
In related news, a federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Enrique Tarrio, leader of the far-right Proud Boys, with conspiracy to obstruct Congress on January 6. Tarrio was not at the Capitol insurrection, having been arrested two days earlier for vandalism at a Black church. But prosecutors say he was fully involved in planning the attack and was in touch with other Proud Boys during the assault.