Son Tipped Off F.B.I. About His Father, Who Is Charged in Capitol Riot

[RandySF]

Two days after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, Jackson Reffitt’s father, Guy W. Reffitt, returned to the family’s home in Texas. He told his son that he had stormed the Capitol, according to an F.B.I. affidavit.

Then his father leveled a threat: If Jackson, 18, reported him to the police, he would have no choice but to do his “duty” for his country and “do what he had to do.”

In interviews with investigators, Jackson Reffitt said his father told him: “If you turn me in, you’re a traitor. And you know what happens to traitors. Traitors get shot.”

But he had already reported his father to the F.B.I. weeks before the riot.

“He would always tell me that he’s going to do something big,” the younger Mr. Reffitt said in a phone interview on Saturday. “I assumed he was going to do something big, and I didn’t know what.”




https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/jackson-reffitt-father-capitol-riot.html

[marble falls]

1. Add "Making Terroristic Threats" to the list.

[MLAA]

2. Poor kid, what a poor excuse for a father. I give the kid so much credit.

[The Roux Comes First]

3. Death Threats Against His Son, Ehh?

Well at least the younger Reffitt is a person of courage rather than cowardice and dishonesty.

[Hortensis]

4. "I love him but I hate him. I don't really know him anymore."

Jackson of his father, who threatened both him and his sister according to them and their mother. Very sad.

[efhmc]

6. So sad for this young man.

I hope he stays safe.

[SMC22307]

5. I hope the younger Reffitt has a strong support network...

that is a lot to deal with for an 18-year-old.

[niyad]

11. Witness protection?

[SMC22307]

16. I dunno. But I'm nervous for the kid.

I guess for the mother and sister, too.

[PJMcK]

7. Jackson must have a remarkable mother

Clearly, he didn't learn his morals, courage or conscience from his father.

Well done, young man. You're an American hero.

[FakeNoose]

8. So this guy is not only a felon and a traitor, he's also unfit to be a parent

[Cha]

9. Wow.. interesting that Guy Reffitt

thought his son might "..turn him in.." enough to threaten him with death.

What a guy Hope he gets major Blowback

[Traildogbob]

10. Family values

He gets them from Fox. Wonder if he wears a cross like KayLEE MAGANinnie.

[3catwoman3]

12. He is no father.

Merely a sperm donor.

[SunSeeker]

13. Brave kid. He deserves a better dad than that.

The douchebag put Trump ahead of his own son. As a parent, I find that unconscionable.

[calimary]

14. Yeah, no kidding!

I hope he stays safe!

[progree]

15. Reminds me of the 18? year old woman who turned in her mother after seeing a video

of that black female security guard slugging her mother resulting in a bloody nose. That's on video, but there's also a video of the daughter being interviewed, and quite proud of what she did (turning her asswipe mother in) as she should well be.