Washington: A Texan teenager who tipped off the FBI about his father’s alleged involvement in the US Capitol riots said he would “do it again”, despite claiming his father threatened to shoot him for being a “traitor”.
Jackson Reffitt, 18, said he felt a moral obligation to report his father to the authorities after watching him in the violent pro-Trump riots on live television.
Jackson Reffitt said he tipped off the FBI about his father’s role in the Capitol riot and insurrection.
His father, Guy, 48, was arrested at his home in Wylie, Texas, on January 16 and faces charges of obstruction of justice and knowingly entering a restricted building.
According to court documents, Reffitt had allegedly threatened his wife and children, saying: “If you turn me in, you’re a traitor and you know what happens to traitors ... traitors get shot.”