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Guy Wesley Reffitt

Pardoned January 6 defendant · first J6 defendant tried by jury

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Guy Wesley Reffitt is a husband and father from Wylie, Texas — and the first January 6 defendant in America to stand trial. He did not take a deal. He took his case to a jury. FACT: On March 8, 2022, a Washington, D.C. jury convicted Guy Reffitt on five counts, and in August 2022 he was sentenced to 87 months — at the time one of the longest J6 sentences in the country. Then the law moved. After the Supreme Court's Fischer v. United States decision narrowed the obstruction statute the government had leaned on, his obstruction count came off the board and he was resentenced on December 6, 2024 to 80 months (WFAA). FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted Guy Reffitt clemency. On February 3, 2025, the D.C. Circuit vacated the judgment and sent the case back with instructions to dismiss it as moot. A separate Texas firearms case was dismissed in March 2025 on the government's own motion. And the part that matters most: family. Among his first public words after walking free was a message to his son — "I love you, Jackson" (NBC DFW). Whatever anyone thinks about January 6, that is a Texas dad trying to put his family back together. CASE RECORD (FACT): United States v. Reffitt, No. 1:21-cr-32, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested January 16, 2021. Jury verdict March 8, 2022. Resentenced December 6, 2024. Clemency granted January 20, 2025. Judgment vacated and case ordered dismissed as moot February 3, 2025. DOJ page: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/reffitt-guy-wesley. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.

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Case number: 1:21-cr-32
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Judge: Dabney L. Friedrich
Disposition: Jury verdict entered March 8, 2022 on five felony counts. Original sentence of 87 months imposed August 1, 2022. After Fischer, the § 1512(c)(2) obstruction count was removed and Reffitt was resentenced December 6, 2024 to 80 months. President Donald J. Trump granted clemency on January 20, 2025. On February 3, 2025, the D.C. Circuit vacated the district-court judgment and remanded with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. A separate Texas unregistered-silencer prosecution was dismissed in March 2025 on the government's motion.

Arrested: January 16, 2021
Sentenced: December 6, 2024

Charges

18 U.S.C. § 231(a)(2) — civil disorder
18 U.S.C. § 231(a)(3) — civil disorder
18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) — entering or remaining on restricted grounds with a firearm
18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(2)(C) — obstruction of justice

Sentence

Resentenced to 80 months after the Supreme Court narrowed 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) in Fischer; pardoned January 20, 2025; appellate judgment vacated February 3, 2025 and remanded for dismissal as moot.

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