The jurors include a materials scientist, a Walgreens cashier, and an employee of the D.C. public school system.
First Capitol riot criminal trial begins– After two days of intense interviews, a jury of nine men and seven women has been selected in the criminal case of Guy Reffitt, the first January 6 defendant who will stand trial. Twelve will serve as jurors, and the remaining four will be alternates.
Reffitt, of Wylie, Texas is accused of 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 pleaded not guilty to all five counts and has made a number of unsuccessful attempts to have some of the charges dismissed. Ultimately, the attorneys and Friedrich determined the group would consist of multiple jurors who admitted that although they had some knowledge of the January 6 attack, they were not specifically familiar with Reffit's case.
At least four of the 16 selected to serve either as a juror or alternate said they were familiar with more notable January 6 defendants, likeFinding D.C. residents who had relatively unbiased opinions of the January 6 Capitol breach posed a challenge from the start, a reality the judge and attorneys alike conceded as they decided instead to try to find jurors who had not reached a conclusion about Reffitt's guilt before the trial began.
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