First trial for US Capitol rioter ends with conviction by jurors

Jurors deliberated for about three hours and convicted him on all counts

Violent insurrectionists, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol in Washington (John Minchillo/AP)

A Texas man has been convicted of storming the US Capitol in Washington DC with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases arising from last year’s riot.

A jury also convicted Guy Wesley Reffitt of interfering with police officers who were guarding the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and of obstructing justice for threatening his two teenage children if they reported him to law enforcement after the attack.