I understand Putin recently sent out new history books to all the schools in Russia. You should see his spin on why he invaded Ukraine. I imagine if Trump were to win a second term he'd try to rewrite history so that the insurrectionists in jail will be patriots
Texan who prosecutors say “lit the match” of Jan. 6 riot sentenced to more than 7 years in prison
Guy Reffitt, a 49-year-old Wylie resident, never entered the Capitol but helped ignite the crowd “into an unstoppable force,” a prosecutor at his trial said. His sentence is the longest given out so far from the Jan. 6 riot.
He was equipped with a handgun, body armor, a helmet, radio and flex cuffs.
Friedrich, a judge appointed by former President Donald Trump, also rebuked Broden’s push for a lighter sentence and criticized Reffitt over a letter he wrote that did not show remorse for all of his actions on Jan. 6.
“All of these illegal actions, not his words, justify the sentence,” Friedrich said when announcing the sentencing on Monday.
“His actions weren’t acts of patriotism. They were acts of domestic terrorism.”
After the riot, Reffitt told his daughter and son that “if you turn me in, you’re a traitor, and traitors get shot,” his son testified during the trial.
The same day of the threat, Jackson Reffitt met with an FBI agent and turned over images and recordings of his father.
“I could really see how my father[’]s ego and personality fell to his knees when President Trump spoke, you could tell he listened to Trump’s words as if he was really truly speaking to him,” his daughter said in a letter to the court.
The Justice Department has charged 72 Texans for their roles in the Jan. 6 insurrection
The antigovernment movement started in 2008 and gets its name from the unproven claim that only 3% of colonists fought back against the British in the American Revolution. They believe a small group of armed people can overthrow a tyrannical government.
Guy Reffitt, a 49-year-old Wylie resident, never entered the Capitol but helped ignite the crowd “into an unstoppable force,” a prosecutor at his trial said. His sentence is the longest given out so far from the Jan. 6 riot.
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