Guy Reffitt brought gun to Capitol on Jan. 6, sentenced 7.25 years

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A federal judge sentenced Guy Reffitt, the Texas man convicted of bringing a handgun to the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack, to 87 months in prison on Monday, handing down the longest sentence so far related to the 2021 assault. A member of the far-right militia group the Texas Three Percenters, Reffitt was the first defendant to stand trial on charges stemming from the attack. He was found guilty in March of five criminal counts, including obstructing Congress' certification of President Biden's Electoral College win. The 7.25-year sentence was far shorter than the 15 years sought by prosecutors, who argued that the punishment should be more severe since Reffitt's actions amounted to terrorism. At a sentencing hearing on Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., Judge Dabney Friedrich disagreed, citing other Jan. 6 cases in which prosecutors did not seek such an enhancement. (Aw c'mon, this guy was protesting peacefully. This 'peaceful' protester is going to prison.)