Texas man gets seven years for Capitol riot, longest sentence yet

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WASHINGTON, Aug 2 — A Texas militia member was sentenced to more than seven years in prison yesterday, the longest jail term yet for a participant in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former president Donald Trump.Guy Reffitt, 49, was convicted in March of bringing a gun to Washington, interfering with police and impeding an official proceeding — the certification by Congress of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the November 2020 presidential election.Reffitt, a member of a right-wing militia called the Texas Three Per centres, was also found guilty of obstruction for threatening his teenaged son and daughter if they spoke to law enforcement about his involvement in the attack on the Capitol.Reffitt’s then 18-year-old son did go to the FBI despite his father’s warning that “traitors get shot” and delivered emotional testimony against his father in court.US …