A US jury found Tuesday the Far-right Guy Reffitt guilty of five counts related to the 2021 Capitol stormingamong them obstruction to the certification of the presidential elections and transportation of arms.
Reffitt, 49, a member of the far-right organization Three Percenters, was found guilty of the five crimes he was charged with.
The three other charges were for entering the Capitol with a weapon, confronting police officers and threatening his three teenage children. if they reported him, crimes of which he had pleaded not guilty.
The firm sentence by the judge is scheduled for June 8.
According to photographs attached to a court document, Reffitt, a native of Texas, attended the Capitol assault wearing a bulletproof vest, handcuffs and a helmet with an embedded camera.
Until now, all those convicted of the assault on the Capitol on January 6 of last year had closed plea deals with the Prosecutor’s Office, so they were spared the trial.
Accused of Proud Boys
The American of Cuban origin Enrique Tarrío, leader of the far-right Proud Boys, was charged this Tuesday for conspiracy in the case of the January 6, 2020 assault on Congress when supporters of former President Donald Trump tried to disrupt the electoral process.
The Department of Justice indicated that Tarrío, 38, was arrested in Miami and will appear today before a Federal Court in South Florida, and that another indictment against Tarrío, in the District of Columbia, includes five suspects.
The indictment alleges that Tarrío and the other suspects, all members of a special group within the “Proud Boys” called the “ministry of self-defense” conspired to obstruct, influence and prevent the certification of the vote in the Electoral College.”
Assault on the Capitol
On January 6, 2021, a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) stormed the Capitol when a joint session of the chambers was held to ratify the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the elections of the previous November.
Shortly before, Trump had delivered a fiery speech near the White House, where he encouraged supporters to march on Capitol Hill amid his baseless accusations. that the Democrats committed voter fraud on that vote.
The authorities They have accused more than 750 people from different parts of the country for crimes such as sedition, attacking policedestroy government property or enter a restricted access building.
More than 200 have pleaded guilty. after closing agreements with the prosecution. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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