Pistols, Assault Rifles, Zip Ties: Witness Describes Preparation for Jan. 6
The New York Times
A witness in the trial of Guy Reffitt, the first person to face a jury on charges stemming from the Capitol assault, said they wanted to be prepared in case “something bad happened.”
WASHINGTON — Just before they went to hear President Donald J. Trump speak on the day of the Capitol riot last year, Rocky Hardie, at the time a member of a Texas militia, and a friend, Guy Wesley Reffitt, made their preparations, Mr. Hardie testified in federal court on Friday.
They strapped pistols to their bodies, he said, and left assault rifles in the back of their car just in case “something bad happened” and they “needed to get them quickly.”
Mr. Hardie never went into the Capitol that day, but his account helped bolster the government’s claims that Mr. Reffitt, the first defendant in a Jan. 6 prosecution to face trial, had been at the leading edge of an advance on the police outside the building.
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