Texas Militia Member Who Led Armed Mob in Capitol Attack Given Lighter Sentence Following Supreme Court Ruling

The rioter's new release date is August 2026.

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The first Capitol rioter to be sentenced was just resentenced and given less jail time. X

The Texas militia member who was the first to be convicted for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack was given a lighter sentence on Friday because of the Supreme Court's June ruling to narrow an obstruction charge that was used against 300 rioters.

Guy Wesley Reffitt, who is also a member of the Three Percenters, an American and Canadian far-right anti-government militia, was the first to go on trial and be convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 riot during which he and another militia member gathered body armor and weapons with the intention to forcibly remove Congress members from the Capitol, WUSA9 reported.

It took jurors just four hours to find Reffitt guilty, and a Trump-appointed judge sentenced him to 87 months in prison.

On Friday, that same judge resentenced Reffitt to a lighter sentence of 80 months, updating his new release date to August 2026. He joins dozens of other rioters whose cases are also being appealed following SCOTUS' ruling, according to WUSA9.

Reffitt's legal battles are far from over, however. He faces a related federal case in Texas for possession of an unregistered firearm for a silencer, which was found during his arrest at the Capitol.

His jury trial is scheduled to begin in February 2025.

Originally published by Latin Times

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