The Justice Department is seeking to add years to a Jan. 6 defendant’s sentence, arguing for the first time that one of the rioters committed an act of domestic terrorism and, thus should get a heavier sentence of 15 years in federal prison.
In a court filing on Friday, federal prosecutors indicated they would seek a terrorism sentencing enhancement in Reffitt's case, arguing that the need “to deter others is especially strong because Reffitt engaged in acts of violence that were intended to influence the government through intimidation or coercion — acts that have been defined, by statute, as domestic terrorism.”
A shirt recovered from Guy Reffitt's home that states, "when tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty."While officials have repeatedly referred to the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol as an act of domestic terrorism, the filing marked the first time that the Justice Department sought a terrorism enhancement in any specific Jan. 6 case.
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