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.
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.
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Prosecutors allege Kenneth Harrelson (circled) was involved in an Oath Keepers conspiracy to stash weapons for the Jan. 6 insurrection.
WASHINGTON The day after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, surveillance video from a hotel in Virginia showed participants in the alleged Oath Keepers conspiracy carrying what appeared to be rifle cases and an object under a sheet that had the “outlines” of a rifle, a federal prosecutor told a judge on Wednesday.
The government’s long-standing theory in the case is that the extremist group came prepared for violence on Jan. 6 and stashed firearms just outside of Washington, DC, which they could easily access via a “quick reaction force” or “QRF.” Until this week, though, prosecutors had shared little evidence other than text messages that referenced a special force. Wednesday’s hearing featured the government’s most comprehensive presentation to date that such a plan was at least partially put i
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WASHINGTON - As the Capitol was overrun on Jan. 6, armed supporters of President Donald Trump were waiting across the Potomac in Virginia for orders to bring guns into the fray, a prosecutor said Wednesday in federal court. The Justice Department has repeatedly highlighted comments from some alleged riot participants who discussed being part of a “quick reaction force” with stashes of weapons. Defendants have dismissed those conversations as bluster. But in a detention hearing for Kenneth Harrelson, accused of conspiring with other members of the Oath Keepers militia group to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election win, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Nestler said the government has evidence indicating otherwise.
Updated: 10:36 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021 A Brevard County man charged in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been denied bond.Kenneth Harrelson, of Titusville, is accused of being among a group of people actively searching for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the riot. Federal prosecutors say he also conspired with fellow members of the Oath Keepers to stop the certification of the Electoral College vote.Harrelson is facing four felony counts of conspiracy and obstruction.Prosecutors said on Monday that Kenneth Harrelson, who has been charged in the Oath Keepers conspiracy, likely contributed weapons and brought what appears to be at least one rifle case into the hotel. Harrelson is one of 12 defendants in the case, the most prominent case tied to the insurrection.At a court hearing Wednesday, federal Judge Amit Mehta said Harrelson was too dangerous to release from jail before trial because of his role with the QRF, which he said was a sign of future dangerousness.