Posted on Mar 4, 2022
Former Three Percenter says he took a gun to January 6 Capitol attack
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The one-time communications director of the far-right Texas Three Percenters militia group, now a government witness, told a jury that he and his former associate, defendant Guy Reffitt, brought firearms to Washington, D.C., and zip ties and radios to the Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021, ahead of the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Rocky Hardy, of Texas, took the stand on Friday after entering an agreement with prosecutors that grants him immunity against crimes discussed as part of his testimony.
Hardy said he took a loaded handgun strapped to a shoulder sling to the Capitol and that Reffitt, too, brought firearms to the Washington, D.C., area.
Rocky Hardy, of Texas, took the stand on Friday after entering an agreement with prosecutors that grants him immunity against crimes discussed as part of his testimony.
Hardy said he took a loaded handgun strapped to a shoulder sling to the Capitol and that Reffitt, too, brought firearms to the Washington, D.C., area.
Former Three Percenter says he took a gun to January 6 Capitol attack
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So much for the misinformation that they weren't armed. He certainly was. Reffitt?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Although Hardy said he did not see a handgun on Reffitt's person as the two made their way to the Capitol, he testified that Reffitt always had the handgun holstered on his hip during the time period leading up to the January 6 Capitol attack.
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January 6 defendant Guy Reffitt (L) with Rocky Hardy (R)
U.S. GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT
Reffitt, of Wylie, Texas, is on trial for transporting a rifle and a semi-automatic handgun to Washington, D.C., and then carrying the handgun onto U.S. Capitol grounds, where he allegedly participated in the January 6 riot and threatened law enforcement officers.
He is also charged with obstruction of justice, illegally entering the Capitol complex and obstructing Congress' counting of the 2020 Electoral College votes — a process that ultimately affirmed Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump in the presidential election.
Hardy told jurors he first met Reffitt when the two both joined the Texas Three Percenters. "They support law enforcement and they believe in supporting the Constitution," he said. Reffitt was in charge of investigating new members of the organization and even held meetings at his home, Hardy said.
Hardy said he and Reffitt shared "similar views" about Congress and the belief that the 2020 presidential election had been "stolen" from Trump.
When prosecutors asked Hardy if he still believed the election was stolen, he responded, "Today, yes, I do," describing it as a "catastrophic event."
Hardy said he wanted to travel to Washington, D.C. on January 6 in an attempt to stop the certification of the votes by Congress. "The objective was that by our presence there, they would not certify the vote that day."
As he and Reffitt traveled to Washington, Hardy said they talked about how they had to "get the bastards out of there." Hardy said he joked that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had to be "dragged out by her ankles or her feet or something," before her head went "boom-boom-boom" down the Capitol steps.
But Hardy also said that at that time, he "thought that was impossible" to breach the Capitol."...
..."Although Hardy said he did not see a handgun on Reffitt's person as the two made their way to the Capitol, he testified that Reffitt always had the handgun holstered on his hip during the time period leading up to the January 6 Capitol attack.
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January 6 defendant Guy Reffitt (L) with Rocky Hardy (R)
U.S. GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT
Reffitt, of Wylie, Texas, is on trial for transporting a rifle and a semi-automatic handgun to Washington, D.C., and then carrying the handgun onto U.S. Capitol grounds, where he allegedly participated in the January 6 riot and threatened law enforcement officers.
He is also charged with obstruction of justice, illegally entering the Capitol complex and obstructing Congress' counting of the 2020 Electoral College votes — a process that ultimately affirmed Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump in the presidential election.
Hardy told jurors he first met Reffitt when the two both joined the Texas Three Percenters. "They support law enforcement and they believe in supporting the Constitution," he said. Reffitt was in charge of investigating new members of the organization and even held meetings at his home, Hardy said.
Hardy said he and Reffitt shared "similar views" about Congress and the belief that the 2020 presidential election had been "stolen" from Trump.
When prosecutors asked Hardy if he still believed the election was stolen, he responded, "Today, yes, I do," describing it as a "catastrophic event."
Hardy said he wanted to travel to Washington, D.C. on January 6 in an attempt to stop the certification of the votes by Congress. "The objective was that by our presence there, they would not certify the vote that day."
As he and Reffitt traveled to Washington, Hardy said they talked about how they had to "get the bastards out of there." Hardy said he joked that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had to be "dragged out by her ankles or her feet or something," before her head went "boom-boom-boom" down the Capitol steps.
But Hardy also said that at that time, he "thought that was impossible" to breach the Capitol."...
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