Texas Teen Says He Alerted FBI To Father Charged In Capitol Riot
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Jackson Reffitt, 18, said his father told him to "choose a side or die." (Photo: Fox 4)
An 18-year-old is speaking out about his decision to alert federal authorities to his father’s involvement in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, even as he says his father threatened to shoot his family members if they turned him in.
“It was my moral compass, kind of, to do what I thought would protect not only my family, but my dad himself,” Jackson Reffitt of Wylie, Texas, told Fox 4 News of his decision to alert the FBI. “And it wasn’t just because I think my dad is aggressive, I think what he’s been manipulated into thinking is aggressive.”
Reffitt said he got in contact with federal authorities after his father, Guy Reffitt, returned from Washington, D.C., where he participated in the Jan. 6 riot that led to the deaths of five people.
The FBI later launched a public campaign for information leading to the arrest of those who unlawfully participated in the event, allegedly prompting warnings from the father of three.
“If you turn me in,” Guy Reffitt is quoted in his arrest affidavit as at one point telling his kids, “you’re a traitor and you know what happens to traitors ... traitors get shot.”
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An 18-year-old is speaking out about his decision to alert federal authorities to his father’s involvement in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, even as he says his father threatened to shoot his family members if they turned him in.
His loving father...
/sarc
Sounds like daddy had serious mental issues long before Trump came along.
Sounds like Trump had stoked the fire of those mental issues. Do you think that is the excuse for all the Capitol building rioters? Do they all have mental issues?
And it wasn’t just because I think my dad is aggressive, I think what he’s been manipulated into thinking is aggressive.
Now who on earth would attempt to manipulate people that way...?
Jackson Reffitt said at one point his father, who had become radicalized over recent years, also told him to “choose a side or die.”
Can't help but wonder-- how could a loving father from such a wonderful family "Get radicalized"?
Sorry, but Trump's powers of persuasion have been greatly exaggerated.
Pros greatly disagree with you.
Welcome, friend Larry!!!
Yay, Larry's back!
Whooo Hooo!!!!
Glad to see you back with us Larry. You have been sorely missed!
Hey Larry, good to see you !
Hi Larry-- Welcome back!
Sorry, but Trump's powers of persuasion have been greatly exaggerated.
Pros greatly disagree with you.
Shhhh!
He's made up his mind-- don't confuse him with the facts!!!
Thanks for the warm welcome gang, awful nice of you all.
Nice to see you back, Mr. Hampton! Where ya been?
Tell us how much money you've donated to trmp, Greg
I just needed to break from the trump war.
good to see ya trout! :~)
From my link above ,,,
Hypnosis” conjures visions of Svengali and The Manchurian Candidate . Dr. Eric Willmarth, past president of the Society of Psychological Hypnosis, once observed , “If you watch hypnosis on TV, the subject always ends up clucking like a chicken, being naked, or assassinating a President.” That’s just stage or Hollywood hypnosis. There was no Svengali. There was no Manchurian candidate.
Serious hypnosis isn’t kooky or spooky. What is it? Scientist, entrepreneur, and statesman Benjamin Franklin chaired a 1784 French Royal Commission investigating mesmerism, a precursor of hypnosis. The commission concluded that its power derives from the imagination , not “animal magnetism.” The best short definition of hypnosis was coined by the late Stanford psychology professor and hypnosis researcher Ernest Hilgard: “believed-in imagination. ”
Larry... welcome back to he semantic fray...... You've been missed!
Apparently not. Just look at how many people still support Trump, including certain individuals on NT. Or maybe Trump's power is augmented by his supporters stubborn ignorance?
Weak minds are easily influenced by insane minds.
it must really suck when dad is a domestic terrorist...