Capitol Rioter Guy Reffitt gets 87 month sentence
(1 Aug 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART MUST CREDIT DANA VERKOUTEREN ASSOCIATED PRESS - MUST CREDIT DANA VERKOUTEREN ARCHIVE: Washington DC - 28 February 2022 1. Sketch of Guy Wesley Reffitt, joined by his lawyer William Welch, right, in Federal Court ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington DC - 1 August 2022 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Reffitt, Wife of Guy Reffitt: "I assume everyone has heard that Guy was sentenced to seven and a half years incarceration? We really didn't expect anything more from the two tiered justice system here in the D.C. area. And there's not going to be a 1/6'er that will not be persecuted for their political ideology. No matter if you are a liberal, if you're an independent, if you're a Republican, this is not okay. The way that people protest in the future will be determined on their political ideology if it's okay to charge them or not charge them. There are many things that happened over the course of 2020 that is not exactly the scales of justice here got just a little bit too far." ++SEPARATED BY BLACK++ ++NOTE: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE++ 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Reffitt, Wife of Guy Reffitt: "This is what this is, is political persecution. We are patriots. Guy was a patriot that day. F---ing... He will always be a patriot. He's a loving husband. He's a loving father. He's a man of integrity. And he went that day because the United States is the last great stand we have. And if we allow our country to keep being driven into the ground by the corrupt, evil politicians here in this city, then one day at your kitchen table, FBI is going to come in and tell you that you stood up at the school board meeting and you are now a domestic terrorist. So wake up, America. This isn't just about Guy Wesley Reffitt. This isn't about just 1/6. This is about our liberties being stomped on." ++SEPARATED BY BLACK++ 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Reffitt, Daughter of Guy Reffitt: "I do think that he had a lot of regrets for the actions that he did. The things that he did while he was there, I also feel like, it wasn't really him. He is actually a very peaceful person. He's also somebody that would like to sit down and talk about things. He's not violent. So, of course, him yelling at police officers and acting like that, I personally do not. That is not showing my father." ++SEPARATED BY BLACK++ 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Reffitt, Wife of Guy Reffitt: "I'm glad that I got to hear his voice. I think that under the level of anxiety that he was under, I believe he influenced a lot of his words." ++SEPARATED BY BLACK++ 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicole Reffitt, Wife of Guy Reffitt: "All I can say is that ya'll can all go to hell, and I'm going back to Texas." ++SEPARATED BY BLACK++ 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Reffitt, Daughter of Guy Reffitt: "Think it really paints a bigger picture. To mark my dad as this horrible person. And then having him prosecuted like this when somebody is maybe even able to get elected again doesn't seem right to me." ++SEPARATED BY BLACK++ 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Peyton Reffitt, Daughter of Guy Reffitt: "I was there and I can truly say he was not speaking directly to us. He was speaking to... he was ranting off. He did not, he was not threatening to kill us. And my brother said multiple times that he did not think that his intention was to actually go through with something like that." 9. Daughters walking away STORYLINE: The Family of a Texas man convicted to the longest sentence imposed on a Capitol Rioter say his punishment isn't justice. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
