Jury selection began Monday at the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in the case of Guy Reffitt, who is charged with five felony counts in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building.
WASHINGTON — Jury selection began Monday at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in the case of Guy Reffitt, who is charged with five felony counts in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
One man questioned Monday said he once gave tours of the Capitol when he worked as a congressional page. A woman said her daughter works for the Department of Homeland Security. Another man said his stepmother served in the Trump administration, and that his father was a major donor to the former Republican president. A number of people said they live near the Capitol or have friends who work there. A few said they had former FBI agents in their family.
“Obviously no one can come into this courtroom with a completely blank slate about Jan. 6 because it was reported so widely, but we don’t want jurors who have formed an opinion of what happened that day,” Judge Dabney Friedrich told prospective jurors. Friedrich said jurors did not have to “guarantee impartiality,” but said the main question for her would be whether a juror’s views are so strong “that he or she cannot impartially judge guilt or innocence” in this case.Like many other Jan.
Judge Dabney Friedrich looks out from the bench during the jury selection for Guy Wesley Reffitt on Monday. Several of the jurors said they watched the events unfold on television at their homes near the Capitol, some even appeared to become emotional while answering questions about their experiences that day. Most said they had formed opinions about the events of Jan. 6, but many insisted they would be able to put their personal views aside if selected to serve on the jury.
“Speaking from my heart ... I think everyone who went in there was already guilty,” said another man who got sent home. “Everybody should be prosecuted to the max.”
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