re: Snitching About the Capitol Riot

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

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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.

While Jackson loves his father, he believes he has done the right thing.

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.”

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More on the subject of family snitching on family.

The son of Guy W. Reffitt, Jackson Reffitt, has told the FBI of his father's participation in the riot. According to Jackson, his father told him that "If you turn me in, you're a traitor. And you know what happens to traitors. Traitors get shot." If such a threat did happen, it would be in vain even if Jackson was intimidated to submission for the young man has already reported to the FBI weeks before the riot.

While Jackson loves his father, he believes he has done the right thing for reporting about the older man to federal authorities.