The Texas man is also charged with threatening his teenage children if they reported him to law enforcement after the riot at the U.S. Capitol last year.
Reffitt’s 19-year-old son, Jackson, testified
that his father told him and his sister, then 16, that they would be traitors if they reported him to authorities and said "traitors get shot." Jackson Reffitt’s younger sister, Peyton, was listed as a possible government witness but didn’t testify. On Jan. 6, Reffitt had the holstered gun under his jacket, was carrying zip-tie handcuffs and was wearing body armor when, according to prosecutors. Reffitt is not accused of entering the building. He retreated after an officer pepper-sprayed him in the face, prosecutors said.
More than 750 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the riot. Over 220 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors. and over 110 of them have been sentenced. Approximately 90 others have trial dates. Reffitt faces a total of five counts: obstruction of an official proceeding, being unlawfully present on Capitol grounds while armed with a firearm, transporting firearms during a civil disorder, interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, and obstructing justice.
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