National File BY CULLEN MCCUE
Guy Reffitt opted to stand trial rather than accept a plea and now faces 15 years in prison
Joe Biden’s DOJ is requesting that Guy Reffitt — a January 6 protester who opted to stand trial rather than accept a plea deal — be sentenced to 15 years in prison. U.S. Attorney Jeffery Nestler has asked that Reffitt’s obstruction conviction be given domestic terrorism enhancements. The matter will be left up to the judge to decide at Reffitt’s sentencing.
Reffitt spent more than a year in a D.C. prison before opting to become the first January 6 defendant to stand trial. It ultimately took a D.C. jury just hours to convict Reffitt on a number of charges, including two counts of civil disorder, two counts of obstruction, and one count of carrying a handgun on restricted grounds. Prosecutors tacked on the handgun charge after Reffitt had already been in prison for months, arguing that a holster he was carrying that day contained a handgun.
Reffitt was arrested by the FBI after his son, then 18-year-old Jackson Reffitt, turned him in after seeing his picture online. Jackson Reffitt proudly defended his actions during a January 2021 interview with CNN, saying he “followed his moral compass.” He added that he would gladly do it again.
To date, a GoFundMe for Jackson Reffitt’s “college fund” has raised close to $200,000 after he was disowned by his mother.
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