BREAKING: Capitol rioter Guy Reffitt, who was armed with a gun, has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison. It’s the longest sentence yet in the Jan. 6 cases.
In court Monday, Reffitt described himself as"a f**king idiot" and was “not thinking clearly" when he tried to storm the U.S. Capitol.“I did want to definitely make an apology, multiple apologies really, and accept my responsibility because I do hate what I did," he said.
“There are a lot of cases where defendants committed very violent assaults and even possessed weapons... that did not receive this departure,” Freidrich said. He also recorded a Zoom meeting on his computer where he talked extensively about his actions on Jan. 6. Under Friedrich's rulings, without the sentencing enhancements, Reffitt's sentence guidelines were 87 to 108 months in federal prison.“ on the west side of the Capitol on Jan. 6, leading the mob up towards the Capitol building where rioters broke in.jurors. “Back home in Texas, he thought he has gotten away with it.”
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