Jury finds first US Capitol riot defendant to go on trial guilty on all counts

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Jury finds first US Capitol riot defendant to go on trial guilty on all counts
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Jury finds Capitol rioter Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts in the first federal trial related to the January 6 attack.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio charged with conspiracy in US Capitol attackReffitt, a Texas Three Percenter and supporter of then-President Donald Trump when he went to the Capitol on January 6, was charged with five counts -- wanting to obstruct the congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election, transporting guns into DC, carrying a Smith & Wesson handgun onto the restricted grounds of the Capitol, interfering with Capitol Police protecting the Upper West Terrace and...

Case against ReffittReffitt's defense lawyer called no witnesses and instead argued that he was an exaggerator, who took credit for bringing a gun to the Capitol and resisting police when he was a bit player in the scrum. But building their case, prosecutors played on witnesses' emotional memories of the attack and Reffitt's own admissions in text messages and recordings.

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