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So a judge ruled assaulting a cop isn't that big a deal, meaning your horrified overreaction to Jan 6 is purely emotional.
You sound like you're completely unaware that assault is a broad term that includes everything from a verbal threat to physical violence, but if you are, then you know you're peddling a false equivalency, either of which means your post is nonsense. Not all assaults are the same, or of the same degree of seriousness.
 
They were following Dear Leader's orders. You seem to be the mess that can't keep from being banned.




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loll rekt....
 
Yeah....nothing happened. Biden couldn't even fill a high school gymnasium for his rallies but he definitely received the most votes out of any president in history. Meanwhile Trump filled stadiums with crowds roaring in approval. But Trump supposedly lost.

No, Trump didn’t supposedly lose. He ACTUALLY lost. Badly. Why does the right think it is impossible for Biden to have received the most votes in Presidential history? It is likely and common that the winner gets the most votes ever due to population growth. An exception is Trump’s popular vote loss in 2016. In 2000 BOTH Bush and Gore got the most votes ever (Gore about half a million more).

If you are going to suggest massive wide-spread fraud in the election that Trump’s DOJ said was one of the most secure in history, you should find some evidence. This anecdotal evidence of Biden rallies when he wasn’t, by in large, having rallies is pretty weak.
 


a youtube video is not a docket number. would you like to try again?

See....it doesn't matter how much proof there is. Nothing happens.

proof? evidence is proven in a court of law. not in a youtube video, not in the kangaroo court of social media where twitter does not have the authority to resolve legal disputes or overturn presidential elections, not in a hollywood movie put together by a convicted felon trying to grift people for money to pay his fines, not in a hotel lobby where your lead attorney is covered in snot and sweating out shoe polish, and not in the parking lot of a landscaping shop across the street from the dildo store.

so whats the docket number to that case where donald trump found evidence of election fraud and then proved it?

and whats your fixation with diaper don and muh crowd size? yeah he's good at drawing crowds. he rallied over 81 million people just to vote against him! i guess thats what happens after you spent the last 4 years in office being a dedicated twitter troll and doing all you can just to piss off the left. you damn well better believe theyre going to be more inspired than ever just to exercise their constitutional right to vote come election time, and it aint gonna matter what other pile of bones are running for president, you better believe they won't be voting for you.

cheeto benito couldnt win an election by votes so he literally tried every other tactic in the book in hopes of shitting all over democracy, tearing up the constitution and remaining in power, and these chuds right here go to bat for him. but the hypocrisy of it all is that these same maga muppets would no doubt still be throwing a shit-fit to this very day if mango mussolini would have won the election and it was the left who tried everything to subvert democracy, including trying to have millions of peoples votes thrown out in the areas where they needed to win, trying to have the courts ignore the election officials and overturn the results of the states where they needed to win, trying to appoint their own slate of faithless electors, trying to get the vice president to shit all over the constitution and certify the election for the person who lost, and then staging an insurrection after all else failed.

like shit, could you imagine if crooked hillary would have pulled half of this shit after she lost the election? i mean if she would have rounded up all 10 of her fans to march on over to the capitol building, beat up a bunch of cops, and smear their shit all over the walls, the maga chuds would be condemning it. it would be more disgusting then those BLM riots! all of a sudden they might actually still be all about law and order, backing the blue, blue lives matter. these chuds wouldnt be going to bat for a bunch of people who hate their country and trying to label themselves as patriots and freedom fighters after they committed a whole bunch of crimes while trying to help their lame duck president subvert democracy and remain in power after losing an election.
 
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No, Trump didn’t supposedly lose. He ACTUALLY lost. Badly. Why does the right think it is impossible for Biden to have received the most votes in Presidential history? It is likely and common that the winner gets the most votes ever due to population growth. An exception is Trump’s popular vote loss in 2016. In 2000 BOTH Bush and Gore got the most votes ever (Gore about half a million more).

If you are going to suggest massive wide-spread fraud in the election that Trump’s DOJ said was one of the most secure in history, you should find some evidence. This anecdotal evidence of Biden rallies when he wasn’t, by in large, having rallies is pretty weak.

the election was stolen because "muh crowd size!" i've heard that one get thrown around by the conspiracist chuds a bunch but never really understood it.

like what the fuck does crowd size have to do with anything? whats these maga muppets fascination with crowd sizes? who gives a shit about any of that and why is it supposed to matter? and what exactly does that say about the other guy, when over 81 million registered voters would rather vote against him in favor of the guy who isnt really popular, nobody really likes, and can't draw crowds? i mean at this point i guess they probably would have voted for a dead guy to be president over diaper don. just stick a blue hat on them and as long as their name isnt hitler or hillary they probably would have won the election.

perhaps mango mussolini shouldnt have spent so much time in office pissing off the left. after 4 years of "owning the libs" by doing absolutely nothing for the country and its citizens while lying through his teeth, being a shit disturber, and pissing everybody off, now they want him gone. just what else does he think these people were going to do in 2020 come election time? vote for him?

oh boy, these election fraud flat-earthers are really something. its now been 636 days since the election and still there have been zero allegations of any type of fraud that was proven on cheeto benito's behalf in any court of the land. at this point its completely obvious to everybody else that diaper don is completely full of shit, yet these chuds buy into pretty much every kind of stolen election fantasy and election fraud fairy tale that gets thrown at them by a bunch of con men and grifters who are not acting in good faith, and then try to say that it's everybody else that's being manipulated!

but don't you worry, one of these days they're finally gonna find some of that damning evidence of 2020 election fraud and then bring it to court. the plot will unravel and the house of cards will come toppling down. it just won't be today!
 
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proof? evidence is proven in a court of law. not in a youtube video, not in the kangaroo court of social media where twitter does not have the authority to resolve legal disputes or overturn presidential elections, not in a hollywood movie put together by a convicted felon trying to grift people for money to pay his fines, not in a hotel lobby where your lead attorney is covered in snot and sweating out shoe polish, and not in the parking lot of a landscaping shop across the street from the dildo store.
What’s funny about that is people were talking about 2000 Mules like it was gospel, while dismissing the January 6th hearings because of its production like it was a Michael Bay movie.
 
the election was stolen because "muh crowd size!" i've heard that one get thrown around by the conspiracist chuds a bunch but never really understood it.

like what the fuck does crowd size have to do with anything? whats these maga muppets fascination with crowd sizes? who gives a shit about any of that and why is it supposed to matter? and what exactly does that say about the other guy, when over 81 million registered voters would rather vote against him in favor of the guy who isnt really popular, nobody really likes, and can't draw crowds? i mean at this point i guess they probably would have voted for a dead guy to be president over diaper don. just stick a blue hat on them and as long as their name isnt hitler or hillary they probably would have won the election.

perhaps mango mussolini shouldnt have spent so much time in office pissing off the left. after 4 years of "owning the libs" by doing absolutely nothing for the country and its citizens while lying through his teeth, being a shit disturber, and pissing everybody off, now they want him gone. just what else does he think these people were going to do in 2020 come election time? vote for him?

oh boy, these election fraud flat-earthers are really something. its now been 636 days since the election and still there have been zero allegations of any type of fraud that was proven on cheeto benito's behalf in any court of the land. at this point its completely obvious to everybody else that diaper don is completely full of shit, yet these chuds buy into pretty much every kind of stolen election fantasy and election fraud fairy tale that gets thrown at them by a bunch of con men and grifters who are not acting in good faith, and then try to say that it's everybody else that's being manipulated!

but don't you worry, one of these days they're finally gonna find some of that damning evidence of 2020 election fraud and then bring it to court. the plot will unravel and the house of cards will come toppling down. it just won't be today!

Remember when Noone showed up to Hillary's rallies while at the same time Trumps events were filled to the brim with people? Trump went on to win 2016.

Crowd size matters.

Hey what did you think of that vid of Biden bribing ukraine?
 
Remember when Noone showed up to Hillary's rallies while at the same time Trumps events were filled to the brim with people? Trump went on to win 2016.

Crowd size matters.

Hey what did you think of that vid of Biden bribing ukraine?

Remember when Donald Trump found evidence of election fraud and then proved it in court?

Me neither!

Remember when Donald Trump won the popular vote?

Me neither!

Remember when Donald Trump got elected for a second term?

Me neither!

Remember when a bunch of Hillary supporters rioted and stormed the capitol building and then got their stupid asses arrested after Hillary lost the election?

Me neither!

the only thing that will be remembered is the time when Captain Crowd Size got pink socked in an election by a senile old man with dementia and then #DiaperDon and his fine crowd of some of the most deplorable sacks of shit in the country went on to throw the biggest toddler tantrum in the nations history.

you don't think you're being manipulated, do you? i mean if not, then you would have to actually believe that sleepy joe just pulled off the greatest heist in the history of the nation, all without leaving a trace of evidence behind! a scam so elaborate that thousands of people would have to be involved, and yet after hundreds of millions of dollars was raised in an effort to find the fraud, and after 636 days, the only people they were able to catch committing any election-related fraud so far were a bunch of registered conservatives who tried to illegally cast in another vote for trump. how do you get played like that by a dude who can't even ride a bicycle, climb a flight of stairs, and remember his own childrens names? for being able to out-con the con man, sleepy joe deserves to be president, wouldnt you say?

and no, i didnt click your video. but if it is what you say it is, then the post should probably get deleted for general chuddery, thread derailment, and being off-topic.
 
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Remember when Donald Trump found evidence of election fraud and then proved it in court?

Me neither!

Remember when Donald Trump won the popular vote?

Me neither!

Remember when Donald Trump got elected for a second term?

Me neither!

Remember when a bunch of Hillary supporters rioted and stormed the capitol building and then got their stupid asses arrested after Hillary lost the election?

Me neither!

the only thing that will be remembered is the time when Captain Crowd Size got pink socked in an election by a senile old man with dementia and then #DiaperDon and his fine crowd of some of the most deplorable sacks of shit in the country went on to throw the biggest toddler tantrum in the nations history.

you don't think you're being manipulated, do you? i mean if not, then you would have to actually believe that sleepy joe just pulled off the greatest heist in the history of the nation, all without leaving a trace of evidence behind! a scam so elaborate that thousands of people would have to be involved, and yet after hundreds of millions of dollars was raised in an effort to find the fraud, and after 636 days, the only people they were able to catch committing any election-related fraud so far were a bunch of registered conservatives who tried to illegally cast in another vote for trump. how do you get played like that by a dude who can't even ride a bicycle, climb a flight of stairs, and remember his own childrens names? for being able to out-con the con man, sleepy joe deserves to be president, wouldnt you say?

and no, i didnt click your video. but if it is what you say it is, then the post should probably get deleted for general chuddery, thread derailment, and being off-topic.

Yeah....you didn't do anything except foam at the mouth. You are an embarrassment.
 
Well folks, this domestic terrorist just got hit with the longest gay-for-the-stay sentence so far.

Jan 6. rioter who carried gun to US Capitol and threatened Nancy Pelosi gets more than 7 years in prison

A federal judge on Monday sentenced Guy Reffitt, who brought a gun to the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot and threatened House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to more than seven years in prison, the longest insurrection-related sentence to date.

Reffitt, a recruiter for a right-wing militia known as the Three Percenters, was the first Capitol rioter to go to trial rather than take a plea agreement.

"Mr. Reffitt's reluctance to admit early that his behavior is illegal is concerning," District Judge Dabney Friedrich said before handing down the 87-month sentence. "And I want to be very clear ... under no legitimate definition of the term 'patriot' (does) Mr. Reffitt's behavior on and around January 6 fit the term. It is the antithesis of the word."

Friedrich added: "The officers at the Capitol are the patriots, as well as those who fought and even died to protect our democracy, our rule of law ... those in the mob are not. Not only are they not patriots, they're a direct threat to our democracy and will be punished as such."

Reffitt was convicted by a DC jury in March of five felonies, including transporting and carrying a firearm on Capitol grounds, interfering with Capitol Police and obstructing an official proceeding. He had driven to DC with several firearms, one of which he carried with him on the steps of the Capitol during the early hours of the riot.

"I just want to see Pelosi's head hit every f**king stair on the way out. ... And (Republican leader) Mitch McConnell too," Reffitt said, according to a video recording he made of himself on January 6.

The hefty sentence, paired with the fact that every January 6 defendant to face a jury has been convicted, could deter some of the hundreds of January 6 defendants awaiting trial to instead take plea deals offered by the Justice Department.

The 87-month sentence is two years longer than any other Capitol riot prison term handed down so far.

Reffitt was adamant in earlier hearings about being the first January 6 defendant to take his case to trial. But on Monday, in plea for leniency in advance of his sentencing, he said that he was a "f***ing idiot" who was parroting "founding fathers and stupid sh*t like that" around January 6, and that he doubled down on that rhetoric to "garner money" for his family during the course of his legal battle.

"It seems like you wanted to be the big guy, the important guy, the first guy to go to trial ... the first guy up there, to revel in the press," Friedrich said to Reffitt. "You want to be an important person who makes a difference, and yet you are going about it in all the wrong ways."
"My point exactly, your honor" Reffitt said.

Reffitt's wife and two daughters were in the courtroom when the sentence was handed down. Reffitt's younger daughter, Peyton, told the judge that her father is "not a threat to my family," and that her family "turned a blind eye" to his mental health issues.

"My father's name wasn't on all the flags that were there that day, that everyone was carrying that day. He is not the leader," Peyton said through tears, at times pausing with her hand on her heart.

The mother of Ashli Babbitt, the pro-Trump rioter who was shot and killed by police on January 6, also was in the courtroom at times on Monday.

Reffitt's son Jackson, who testified against his father during the trial, was not in the courtroom. In a statement read aloud by prosecutors, Jackson said that his father "slowly lost himself over the last five years," but that "whether you view him as a father, a family member or friend, using these labels to justify anything he has done is completely wrong."

Prosecutors had sought a sentence of almost a decade longer than the most severe sentence to date by adding enhanced penalties to his sentence for terrorism. Prosecutor Jeffrey Nestler told the judge that Reffitt "wanted to physically and literally remove members of Congress from power" and that the government believes "what he was doing that day was terrorism."

"We do believe he is a domestic terrorist," Nestler said Monday.

Friedrich did not add additional penalties for terrorism, however, saying that it would create an "unwarranted disparity" between Reffitt's sentence and that of other rioters convicted of bringing weapons or threatening lawmakers.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics/guy-reffitt-sentencing/index.html

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Well folks, this domestic terrorist just got hit with the longest gay-for-the-stay sentence so far.

Jan 6. rioter who carried gun to US Capitol and threatened Nancy Pelosi gets more than 7 years in prison

A federal judge on Monday sentenced Guy Reffitt, who brought a gun to the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot and threatened House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to more than seven years in prison, the longest insurrection-related sentence to date.

Reffitt, a recruiter for a right-wing militia known as the Three Percenters, was the first Capitol rioter to go to trial rather than take a plea agreement.

"Mr. Reffitt's reluctance to admit early that his behavior is illegal is concerning," District Judge Dabney Friedrich said before handing down the 87-month sentence. "And I want to be very clear ... under no legitimate definition of the term 'patriot' (does) Mr. Reffitt's behavior on and around January 6 fit the term. It is the antithesis of the word."

Friedrich added: "The officers at the Capitol are the patriots, as well as those who fought and even died to protect our democracy, our rule of law ... those in the mob are not. Not only are they not patriots, they're a direct threat to our democracy and will be punished as such."

Reffitt was convicted by a DC jury in March of five felonies, including transporting and carrying a firearm on Capitol grounds, interfering with Capitol Police and obstructing an official proceeding. He had driven to DC with several firearms, one of which he carried with him on the steps of the Capitol during the early hours of the riot.

"I just want to see Pelosi's head hit every f**king stair on the way out. ... And (Republican leader) Mitch McConnell too," Reffitt said, according to a video recording he made of himself on January 6.

The hefty sentence, paired with the fact that every January 6 defendant to face a jury has been convicted, could deter some of the hundreds of January 6 defendants awaiting trial to instead take plea deals offered by the Justice Department.

The 87-month sentence is two years longer than any other Capitol riot prison term handed down so far.

Reffitt was adamant in earlier hearings about being the first January 6 defendant to take his case to trial. But on Monday, in plea for leniency in advance of his sentencing, he said that he was a "f***ing idiot" who was parroting "founding fathers and stupid sh*t like that" around January 6, and that he doubled down on that rhetoric to "garner money" for his family during the course of his legal battle.

"It seems like you wanted to be the big guy, the important guy, the first guy to go to trial ... the first guy up there, to revel in the press," Friedrich said to Reffitt. "You want to be an important person who makes a difference, and yet you are going about it in all the wrong ways."
"My point exactly, your honor" Reffitt said.

Reffitt's wife and two daughters were in the courtroom when the sentence was handed down. Reffitt's younger daughter, Peyton, told the judge that her father is "not a threat to my family," and that her family "turned a blind eye" to his mental health issues.

"My father's name wasn't on all the flags that were there that day, that everyone was carrying that day. He is not the leader," Peyton said through tears, at times pausing with her hand on her heart.

The mother of Ashli Babbitt, the pro-Trump rioter who was shot and killed by police on January 6, also was in the courtroom at times on Monday.

Reffitt's son Jackson, who testified against his father during the trial, was not in the courtroom. In a statement read aloud by prosecutors, Jackson said that his father "slowly lost himself over the last five years," but that "whether you view him as a father, a family member or friend, using these labels to justify anything he has done is completely wrong."

Prosecutors had sought a sentence of almost a decade longer than the most severe sentence to date by adding enhanced penalties to his sentence for terrorism. Prosecutor Jeffrey Nestler told the judge that Reffitt "wanted to physically and literally remove members of Congress from power" and that the government believes "what he was doing that day was terrorism."

"We do believe he is a domestic terrorist," Nestler said Monday.

Friedrich did not add additional penalties for terrorism, however, saying that it would create an "unwarranted disparity" between Reffitt's sentence and that of other rioters convicted of bringing weapons or threatening lawmakers.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics/guy-reffitt-sentencing/index.html

play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

I learned this back in the 70's (Yup, I'm an old fart)



"Don't do crime if you can't do the time..."
 
Well folks, this domestic terrorist just got hit with the longest gay-for-the-stay sentence so far.

Jan 6. rioter who carried gun to US Capitol and threatened Nancy Pelosi gets more than 7 years in prison

A federal judge on Monday sentenced Guy Reffitt, who brought a gun to the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot and threatened House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to more than seven years in prison, the longest insurrection-related sentence to date.

Reffitt, a recruiter for a right-wing militia known as the Three Percenters, was the first Capitol rioter to go to trial rather than take a plea agreement.

"Mr. Reffitt's reluctance to admit early that his behavior is illegal is concerning," District Judge Dabney Friedrich said before handing down the 87-month sentence. "And I want to be very clear ... under no legitimate definition of the term 'patriot' (does) Mr. Reffitt's behavior on and around January 6 fit the term. It is the antithesis of the word."

Friedrich added: "The officers at the Capitol are the patriots, as well as those who fought and even died to protect our democracy, our rule of law ... those in the mob are not. Not only are they not patriots, they're a direct threat to our democracy and will be punished as such."

Reffitt was convicted by a DC jury in March of five felonies, including transporting and carrying a firearm on Capitol grounds, interfering with Capitol Police and obstructing an official proceeding. He had driven to DC with several firearms, one of which he carried with him on the steps of the Capitol during the early hours of the riot.

"I just want to see Pelosi's head hit every f**king stair on the way out. ... And (Republican leader) Mitch McConnell too," Reffitt said, according to a video recording he made of himself on January 6.

The hefty sentence, paired with the fact that every January 6 defendant to face a jury has been convicted, could deter some of the hundreds of January 6 defendants awaiting trial to instead take plea deals offered by the Justice Department.

The 87-month sentence is two years longer than any other Capitol riot prison term handed down so far.

Reffitt was adamant in earlier hearings about being the first January 6 defendant to take his case to trial. But on Monday, in plea for leniency in advance of his sentencing, he said that he was a "f***ing idiot" who was parroting "founding fathers and stupid sh*t like that" around January 6, and that he doubled down on that rhetoric to "garner money" for his family during the course of his legal battle.

"It seems like you wanted to be the big guy, the important guy, the first guy to go to trial ... the first guy up there, to revel in the press," Friedrich said to Reffitt. "You want to be an important person who makes a difference, and yet you are going about it in all the wrong ways."
"My point exactly, your honor" Reffitt said.

Reffitt's wife and two daughters were in the courtroom when the sentence was handed down. Reffitt's younger daughter, Peyton, told the judge that her father is "not a threat to my family," and that her family "turned a blind eye" to his mental health issues.

"My father's name wasn't on all the flags that were there that day, that everyone was carrying that day. He is not the leader," Peyton said through tears, at times pausing with her hand on her heart.

The mother of Ashli Babbitt, the pro-Trump rioter who was shot and killed by police on January 6, also was in the courtroom at times on Monday.

Reffitt's son Jackson, who testified against his father during the trial, was not in the courtroom. In a statement read aloud by prosecutors, Jackson said that his father "slowly lost himself over the last five years," but that "whether you view him as a father, a family member or friend, using these labels to justify anything he has done is completely wrong."

Prosecutors had sought a sentence of almost a decade longer than the most severe sentence to date by adding enhanced penalties to his sentence for terrorism. Prosecutor Jeffrey Nestler told the judge that Reffitt "wanted to physically and literally remove members of Congress from power" and that the government believes "what he was doing that day was terrorism."

"We do believe he is a domestic terrorist," Nestler said Monday.

Friedrich did not add additional penalties for terrorism, however, saying that it would create an "unwarranted disparity" between Reffitt's sentence and that of other rioters convicted of bringing weapons or threatening lawmakers.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics/guy-reffitt-sentencing/index.html

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There was an NPR story, or maybe I was listening to a podcast, about this guy. His son is the one who turned him in right? If this is the same dude try and find the story it's insane. He held a gun to his wife's head multiple times and she laughs like it's no big deal. Really sick guy.

Edit: yes it is this dude. What a fucking clown he got grifted by the lawyer promising to defend all these "patriots" too lol
 
he hasnt been sentenced yet. and he will no doubt be doing some hard time. he's up against a bunch of serious charges for the matter. right now he's just snitching so when it comes time for his sentencing he will get less time, and have a better chance of getting put into protective custody when he hits the pen. a maga muppet of his stature is fresh meat for the taking. no doubt he's singing like a bird.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/james-joshua

heres the updated indictment including all of the crimes that that him, and several other members of his group are being charged with. it fills up an entire god damn page. even after he's done his snitching and sang on everybody and manages to help the feds get the rest of these people convicted on all of their charges, i'd say its 96% unlikely that he's able to escape any prison time himself. but you never know. maybe if you find the right judge who's got a MAGA bumper sticker on the back of his truck.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1470996/download

It says the last filing was Jan and he pled in March. Practically anyone that asks can get segregation; you don't need to snitch for that.

He'll get some time, but time served will count against it - my bet is less than another 6 months if any at all after counting good time.
 
Well folks, this domestic terrorist just got hit with the longest gay-for-the-stay sentence so far.

Jan 6. rioter who carried gun to US Capitol and threatened Nancy Pelosi gets more than 7 years in prison

A federal judge on Monday sentenced Guy Reffitt, who brought a gun to the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot and threatened House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to more than seven years in prison, the longest insurrection-related sentence to date.

Reffitt, a recruiter for a right-wing militia known as the Three Percenters, was the first Capitol rioter to go to trial rather than take a plea agreement.

"Mr. Reffitt's reluctance to admit early that his behavior is illegal is concerning," District Judge Dabney Friedrich said before handing down the 87-month sentence. "And I want to be very clear ... under no legitimate definition of the term 'patriot' (does) Mr. Reffitt's behavior on and around January 6 fit the term. It is the antithesis of the word."

Friedrich added: "The officers at the Capitol are the patriots, as well as those who fought and even died to protect our democracy, our rule of law ... those in the mob are not. Not only are they not patriots, they're a direct threat to our democracy and will be punished as such."

Reffitt was convicted by a DC jury in March of five felonies, including transporting and carrying a firearm on Capitol grounds, interfering with Capitol Police and obstructing an official proceeding. He had driven to DC with several firearms, one of which he carried with him on the steps of the Capitol during the early hours of the riot.

"I just want to see Pelosi's head hit every f**king stair on the way out. ... And (Republican leader) Mitch McConnell too," Reffitt said, according to a video recording he made of himself on January 6.

The hefty sentence, paired with the fact that every January 6 defendant to face a jury has been convicted, could deter some of the hundreds of January 6 defendants awaiting trial to instead take plea deals offered by the Justice Department.

The 87-month sentence is two years longer than any other Capitol riot prison term handed down so far.

Reffitt was adamant in earlier hearings about being the first January 6 defendant to take his case to trial. But on Monday, in plea for leniency in advance of his sentencing, he said that he was a "f***ing idiot" who was parroting "founding fathers and stupid sh*t like that" around January 6, and that he doubled down on that rhetoric to "garner money" for his family during the course of his legal battle.

"It seems like you wanted to be the big guy, the important guy, the first guy to go to trial ... the first guy up there, to revel in the press," Friedrich said to Reffitt. "You want to be an important person who makes a difference, and yet you are going about it in all the wrong ways."
"My point exactly, your honor" Reffitt said.

Reffitt's wife and two daughters were in the courtroom when the sentence was handed down. Reffitt's younger daughter, Peyton, told the judge that her father is "not a threat to my family," and that her family "turned a blind eye" to his mental health issues.

"My father's name wasn't on all the flags that were there that day, that everyone was carrying that day. He is not the leader," Peyton said through tears, at times pausing with her hand on her heart.

The mother of Ashli Babbitt, the pro-Trump rioter who was shot and killed by police on January 6, also was in the courtroom at times on Monday.

Reffitt's son Jackson, who testified against his father during the trial, was not in the courtroom. In a statement read aloud by prosecutors, Jackson said that his father "slowly lost himself over the last five years," but that "whether you view him as a father, a family member or friend, using these labels to justify anything he has done is completely wrong."

Prosecutors had sought a sentence of almost a decade longer than the most severe sentence to date by adding enhanced penalties to his sentence for terrorism. Prosecutor Jeffrey Nestler told the judge that Reffitt "wanted to physically and literally remove members of Congress from power" and that the government believes "what he was doing that day was terrorism."

"We do believe he is a domestic terrorist," Nestler said Monday.

Friedrich did not add additional penalties for terrorism, however, saying that it would create an "unwarranted disparity" between Reffitt's sentence and that of other rioters convicted of bringing weapons or threatening lawmakers.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics/guy-reffitt-sentencing/index.html

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A gun? I thought it was an unarmed insurrection

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There was an NPR story, or maybe I was listening to a podcast, about this guy. His son is the one who turned him in right? If this is the same dude try and find the story it's insane. He held a gun to his wife's head multiple times and she laughs like it's no big deal. Really sick guy.

Edit: yes it is this dude. What a fucking clown he got grifted by the lawyer promising to defend all these "patriots" too lol

when my own lawyers start calling me a short bus retarded person on the fucking spectrum just to try to defend me, then i know i done fucked up and i aint getting out of this mess. either that or i need some better lawyers
 
I'm not a judge.

Attempting to stop the certification of a lawful election =/= hitting a cop.
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If we are just making up shit, the tranny after resisting arrest was trying to steal the cop car and drive it into the White House after a pit stop to pick up explosives.

I love fantasy land where we pretend 99.999999% unarmed protesters had any intention to stop an election. Obviously they didn’t own weapons and this mysterious plan somehow revolved around open unlocked doors and undercover FBI escorting them
Into the field trip. lolcoup
 
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