First Person Convicted at Trial Over Jan. 6 Receives Brutal Sentence, More Than 3X the Average of George Floyd Rioters

The harsh sentence handed down on Monday to the first person convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion proves the two-tier system of justice is alive and well.

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich sentenced Guy Reffitt, an oil-field worker from Wylie, Texas, to seven years and three months in prison, which, according to Yahoo News, is the longest sentence to be imposed on a Jan. 6 defendant to date.

In addition, he was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution and receive mental health treatment, The New York Times reported.

Establishment media reports of Reffitt’s sentencing say he was a member of a “far-right” group called the Three Percenters militia.

The Anti-Defamation League defines the organization’s mission as “a small number of dedicated ‘patriots’ protecting Americans from government tyranny, just as the patriots of the American Revolution protected early Americans from British tyranny.”

The group’s website declared, “We stand for freedom, liberty, and the Constitution. We will combat all those who are corrupt. We are America’s insurance policy. We will not see our republic fall. We are everywhere. We are the three percent.”

Reffitt was convicted in March on five felony charges including “obstructing Congress’s certification of the 2020 presidential election, carrying a .40-caliber pistol during the riot and two counts of civil disorder,” the Times reported.

? SENTENCE: U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich orders Guy Reffitt to serve 87 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Warns if he violates terms she will send him back to prison for up to maximum term. $2,000 in restitution. pic.twitter.com/IGZjxFqoXb

— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) August 1, 2022

Although federal guidelines called for a sentence of nine to 11 years, prosecutors requested a “terrorism enhancement,” which the Times explained is sometimes applied in domestic terrorism cases. They recommended that Reffitt, who did not enter the Capitol building that day, serve 15 years.

During the trial, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jeffrey Nestler and Risa Berkower tried to paint Reffitt as a “key instigator in the attack.” Yahoo reported he’d been “armed with a handgun, body armor and zip ties” and “cleared the way for others to breach the building.”