‘Packing up our things’: January 6 prisoners prepare for Trump pardons
Al JazeeraThe fourth anniversary of the US Capitol riot was met with hope by those convicted for attempting to overturn the 2020 election. It was the night before the fourth anniversary of January 6, 2021, when thousands stormed the United States Capitol in an extraordinary attempt to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. “No January 6 defendants, whether incarcerated or on an FBI list or walking free today, did anything other than engage in what were supposed to be protected First Amendment activities, redressing our grievances and hearing our concerns to the world about what is without question a stolen election in 2020,” Box said. A video recording from January 6 showed Reffitt, a member of the Texas Three Percenters militia, saying, “I just want to see Pelosi’s head hit every f**king stair on the way out.” He was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison. She and her fellow protesters set up an “advent calendar” to mark down the days until Trump’s inauguration on January 20.