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Reffitt has spent most of the last four years in hiding, constantly on the move every few months. He was the person who tipped off the FBI about his father’s involvement in the insurrection. Jackson’s father, Guy Reffitt, was a member of the Texas Three Percenter group when he stormed the Capitol wearing body armor and carrying a pistol and zip ties. He was caught on camera urging other rioters to storm the Capitol building and told members of his militia group that he intended to drag House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the building by her ankles, “with her head hitting every step on the way down.”

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Tasha Adams, the ex-wife of Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes, who had his 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy commuted by Trump, is also worried about what might happen. “Stewart is out of prison now and, frankly, I could really use a bit of a run fund, in case it comes to that,” Adams wrote on her GoFundMe page on Tuesday, hours after her ex-husband was released from prison.

Go donate if you can. As the son of a battered mother, this really speaks to me.

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 20 points 2 hours ago

If a nazi pardoned my terrorist dad, I'd be pretty nervous, too.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 148 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

wearing body armor and carrying a pistol and zip ties

Like you would on any normal tourist visit.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Especially if ya go to Italy.

I will capture the Pope..

[–] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

Gotta catch em all, Popè-man

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 70 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Almost four years to the day since his father was taken into custody for his part in the January 6 ~~Capitol riot~~ insurrection

FTFY

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

I fucking hate that the beer belly putsch is basically succeeding

[–] TurtleSoup@lemmy.zip 49 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

You'd think they'd qualify for witness protection...

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 43 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Witness protection is probably at risk in its entirety now anyway.

Lots of 'snitches' trump and his pals would love to find.

The only safe path is digital silence and remaining away from any gov program or database.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 hours ago

From what I understand about witsec is that it's incredibly compartmentalized. Unless the marshall actually reveals to the president where the witness lives, that information is inaccessible.

[–] TurtleSoup@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 hours ago

A lot of people probably about to suddenly qualify for political asylum...

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 32 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Even if they had it, it seems likely Trump would have revoked it.

[–] TurtleSoup@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's also possible that they can apply for asylum in another country. Yea that's gonna cost money and probably time they don't have but it'd worth a try imo.

[–] em2@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago

Still sucks that they have to deal with the cost and leaving the country when they did absolutely nothing wrong.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 20 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Curious to see what will happen when one of these dipshits is arrested for a serious crime.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 4 points 1 hour ago

Or when the people decide that, since the system won't deliver justice, alternative methods are required.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 19 points 4 hours ago

They'll just bury it. When was the last time we heard about Luigi in the news after the wall to wall coverage leading up to his arrest? Once his 'manifesto' came out, we had a media blackout.

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago