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‘Traitors Get Shot’

Reveal

The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

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4.78K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The bipartisan Congressional committee investigating the January 6th insurrection recommended that former president Donald Trump face criminal charges for sparking the attempted coup. We look back at the case of Guy Reffitt, the first person to be prosecuted for his role in the violent insurrection.

On Jan. 6, 2021, teenager Jackson Reffitt watched the Capitol riot play out on TV from his family home in Texas. His father, Guy, had a much closer view: He was in Washington, armed with a semiautomatic handgun, storming the building.

When Guy Reffitt returned home, Jackson secretly taped him and turned the recordings over to the FBI. His father bragged about what he did, saying: “I had every constitutional right to carry a weapon and take over the Congress.”

Guy Reffitt was the first person to stand trial for his role in the riot, and the case has divided his family.

This week, Reveal features the story of the Reffitt family by partnering with the podcast Will Be Wild from Pineapple Street Studios, Wondery and Amazon Music. Hosted by Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz, Will Be Wild’s eight-part series investigates the forces that led to the Jan. 6 insurrection and what comes next.

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I'm Al Etzen.

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Today, we're teaming up with a new podcast called Will Be Wild from Pineapple Street Studios,

0:49.8

Wundery, and Amazon Music.

0:52.6

This Christmas Eve 2020, when Jackson Reffit makes the biggest decision of his life.

0:58.8

He's been watching anime in his bedroom or trying to.

1:02.2

I just hear behind my wall my dad talking about the government and Nancy Pelosi, and it's

1:08.4

all mumbled and I'm just like, God, this is just crazy.

1:12.8

It's crazy talk.

1:15.2

Jackson's 18 years old and lives with his family near Dallas, Texas.

1:19.9

He's come to the conclusion that his father, Guy Reffit, is a dangerous man.

1:25.8

Jackson decides to do something after he hears his dad say he plans to do something big.

1:32.0

And I know that's very vague and that's what I think triggered me to be so worried about

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