Rioter Boasted He And Others Were Carrying Firearms

Politico reports:

A Texas man who joined a mob at the Capitol on Jan. 6 told two rioters he had set up a security company as a front to access law enforcement-grade weaponry that could be used to “take back our country,” according to private, encrypted messages revealed Saturday by prosecutors.

Guy Reffitt, who drove from Texas to Washington, D.C., also said in recorded conversations that he and others were carrying firearms during the siege of the Capitol. He also encouraged his two associates to join the “Texas Three Percenters” militia, according to the messages posted to Telegram.

Reffitt is a self-described Three Percenter, which prosecutors describe as an ideology rooted in the notion that the current government is the equivalent of British oppressors and can be overthrown by armed militias.

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Guy REFFITT’s behavior so alarmed his family that one member alerted the FBI a week *prior* to Jan. 6. A family member also recorded his conversations from Jan. 8-11 and his son moved to an “undisclosed location” out of fear, according to prosecutors. https://t.co/Jz0SxD2fqO

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 14, 2021

NEW: #Capitol siege participant Guy Reffitt said he created a front company to obtain law enforcement-grade weaponry to “take back our country”

Also admitted to @FBI that he brought a firearm to Capitol, said others did too.

By @kyledcheney
Story: https://t.co/79QLsTV8En pic.twitter.com/DKIQRBaU8B

— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) March 14, 2021

2/ Does Guy Reffitt sound familiar to you?

Probably because he allegedly threatened to kill his kids if they told the @FBI about his actions at the #Capitol.https://t.co/u50hMHiytX

— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) March 14, 2021