Judge refuses to free Capitol riot suspect linked to militia
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. With riot cases flooding into Washington’s federal court, the Justice Department is under pressure to quickly resolve the least serious cases.Julio Cortez/AP
A federal judge refused Thursday to free a Texas man whom authorities have accused of planning an attack on a social media company s facility after he returned home from storming the U.S. Capitol.
Guy Wesley Reffitt, one of more than 400 federal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, has been identified by prosecutors as a member of a militia-style group linked to the anti-government Three Percenters extremist movement.