Donald Trump supporter Guy Reffitt, who brought a gun to the US Capitol during the MAGA-fueled January 6 insurrection and threatened to kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on Monday, CNN reports.
Reffitt, a member of a right-wing militia known as the Three Percenters, went to trial in march after refusing to take a plea agreement following his arrest. He was convicted by a DC jury earlier this year of five felonies, including transporting and carrying a firearm on Capitol grounds, interfering with Capitol Police and obstructing an official proceeding.
The sentence, imposed by U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, is the longest Jan 6-related sentence to date.
“Mr. Reffitt’s reluctance to admit early that his behavior is illegal is concerning,” Judge Friedrich said before handing down the 87-month sentence.
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“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 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.
