Family torn apart by Capitol insurrection reflects on Jan. 6 anniversary: 'Hearing my father was there — it was absolutely disgusting. And pretty much demoralizing.'
ABC News’ Mireya Villarreal speaks with the family of Guy Reffitt, charged with five counts resulting from the Capitol Hill riot, one year after his son, Jackson, turned him in to the FBI., says it is not the same family as a year ago.
Reffitt is accused of obstructing an official proceeding, aiding and abetting; obstructing justice by hindering communication through physical force or threat of physical force; entering and remaining in a restricted building; and civil disorder,"There were clearly signs he was getting involved with a lot of different people and a lot of bad people," said Reffitt's 19-year-old son, Jackson, in an interview with ABC News' Mireya Villareal.
Jackson said he went to the FBI with concerns about his father in the days leading up to the insurrection."If something is to really happen, then I do not want this on my shoulders as the only one that actually sees what he's doing right now," Jackson said he felt at the time.
"My father brought up that, 'if anyone turns me in, like, you know what happens to traitors, traitors get shot,'" Jackson said."And that spooked me and my sister." Reffitt was arrested on Jan. 16 at the family's home, as his wife, daughter and son watched. Soon after, Jackson said that he finally decided to leave home."I don't really feel like he'll forgive me or really take into consideration what he's been a part of," Jackson said.
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