Reffitt has spent most of the last four years in hiding, constantly on the move every few months. He was the person who tipped off the FBI about his father’s involvement in the insurrection. Jackson’s father, Guy Reffitt, was a member of the Texas Three Percenter group when he stormed the Capitol wearing body armor and carrying a pistol and zip ties. He was caught on camera urging other rioters to storm the Capitol building and told members of his militia group that he intended to drag House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the building by her ankles, “with her head hitting every step on the way down.”

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Tasha Adams, the ex-wife of Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes, who had his 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy commuted by Trump, is also worried about what might happen. “Stewart is out of prison now and, frankly, I could really use a bit of a run fund, in case it comes to that,” Adams wrote on her GoFundMe page on Tuesday, hours after her ex-husband was released from prison.

Go donate if you can. As the son of a battered mother, this really speaks to me.

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    wearing body armor and carrying a pistol and zip ties

    Like you would on any normal tourist visit.

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      Witness protection is probably at risk in its entirety now anyway.

      Lots of ‘snitches’ trump and his pals would love to find.

      The only safe path is digital silence and remaining away from any gov program or database.

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        From what I understand about witsec is that it’s incredibly compartmentalized. Unless the marshall actually reveals to the president where the witness lives, that information is inaccessible.

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        It’s also possible that they can apply for asylum in another country. Yea that’s gonna cost money and probably time they don’t have but it’d worth a try imo.

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          Still sucks that they have to deal with the cost and leaving the country when they did absolutely nothing wrong.