A jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The case has been widely watched by other defendants as a potential bellwether.
Prosecutors laid out their case against Guy Reffitt, who is the first defendant connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to face trial. His attorney described the case as based on "hype."
Prosecutors laid out their case against Guy Reffitt, who is the first defendant connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to face trial. His attorney described the case as based on "hype."
by Tom DreisbachMar, 15 2021 (All Things Considered)
A college student charged in the Jan. 6 riot openly posted calls for America to become a whites-only nation, according to the FBI. Who was he on campus? Image: Yifan Wu for NPR
For nearly a year, UCLA students said, they raised the alarm about one of their classmates.
On Twitter, classmate Christian Secor attacked women and minorities, they said, and embraced the ideology of a far-right extremist. On campus, he pushed a student Republicans group toward extreme positions against all immigration. And on the video streaming site DLive, Secor took on the handle Scuffed Elliot Rodger an apparent reference to the misogynist gunman who killed six people in Isla Vista, Calif., in 2014.