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   From: terrorist-infiltrators@nytimes.com   
      
   An 18-year-old Texas man tipped off the FBI about his father’s   
   role in the US Capitol riot — and said he’d do it again.   
      
   Jackson Reffitt — whose dad, Guy Reffitt, was charged last week   
   in the Jan. 6 siege — told local outlet Fox4 that he acted out   
   of moral obligation.   
      
   “It was my moral compass … to do what I thought would protect   
   not only my family, but my dad himself,” he said.   
      
   “I would do it again.”   
      
   The elder Reffitt, of Wylie, had allegedly threatened his son   
   and daughter, saying, “If you turn me in, you’re a traitor and   
   you know what happens to traitors … traitors get shot,” court   
   papers state.   
      
   His son told the TV station, “I took that as a threat, but I   
   never thought he would act upon it.”   
      
   Reffitt said his dad is part of a far-right militia group and   
   that he has embraced increasingly radicalized views over the   
   years.   
      
   He was concerned about what would happen when law enforcement   
   came to arrest his father, saying, “The police could’ve come in   
   at any time, at a bad time, regardless of the situation and my   
   dad could’ve opened fire.”   
      
   Calling the FBI “wasn’t just because I think my dad is   
   aggressive,” Reffitt said. “I think what he’s been manipulated   
   into thinking is aggressive.”   
      
   He also recalled the moment he learned his father was at the   
   siege.   
      
   “I think it was Fox playing, and it was just live screening of   
   riots at the Capitol, and the rushing in, and my mom said, ‘Your   
   dad is there,'” Reffitt said.   
      
   Guy Reffitt, 48, was tracked down by federal authorities after   
   footage of him at the Capitol during the riot was played on   
   YouTube and on Fox News on the day of the siege, according to   
   court papers.   
      
   Photos included in an arrest affidavit show him wearing a padded   
   or tactical-style vest and black helmet with what looks like a   
   GoPro-style camera attached while at the Capitol.   
      
   Investigators found out he had previously posted a comment on a   
   website for a militia extremist group known as the Texas Freedom   
   Force, according to the FBI.   
      
   When authorities arrested him on Jan. 15, they found an AR-15-   
   style rifle and a Smith & Wesson pistol, court papers state.   
      
   While he hasn’t been able to speak with his dad since the   
   arrest, Jackson said he wishes that he could.   
      
   “I would say I’m sorry, because I don’t feel like I put him in   
   this situation, but I still feel guilty,” he said.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2021/01/24/teen-tipped-fbi-off-about-dads-   
   involvement-in-capitol-riot/   
      
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