Judge forces US Capitol rioter to unlock laptop seized by FBI

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The laptop is believed to contain footage from the camera he wore on his helmet.

Judge forces US Capitol rioter to unlock laptop seized by FBI
A federal judge forced a US Capitol rioter to unlock his laptop Wednesday after prosecutors argued that it likely contained footage of the January 6 insurrection from his helmet-worn camera.
cnn.com
2:43 PM · Jul 22, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/21/politics/capitol-rioter-unlock-laptop/index.html

(CNN) — A federal judge forced a US Capitol rioter to unlock his laptop Wednesday after prosecutors argued that it likely contained footage of the January 6 insurrection from his helmet-worn camera.

The judge granted the Justice Department's request to place Capitol riot defendant Guy Reffitt in front of his laptop so they could use facial recognition to unlock the device. The maneuver happened after the hearing ended and Reffitt's lawyer confirmed to CNN that the laptop was unlocked.

Investigators seized the laptop and other devices earlier this year pursuant to a search warrant.

Reffitt has been in jail since his arrest in January. His case received national attention after his son spoke publicly about how Reffitt had threatened to kill family members if they turned him into the FBI. The case became an example of how former President Donald Trump's lies tore some families apart -- Reffitt's son and daughter testified against him in court or before the grand jury.

He pleaded not guilty to five federal crimes, including bringing a handgun to the Capitol grounds during the insurrection and obstructing justice by allegedly threatening his family. The felony gun charge was added last month, and undercuts false claims from Trump and prominent Republican lawmakers that the rioters weren't armed and that they had "no guns whatsoever."

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[SheltieLover]

1. Oh what a treasure trove that must be!

[gratuitous]

2. Rut roh, Raggy

And your ungrateful family testified against you after you so helpfully informed them that you'd kill them if they did. Hasn't been a good year for you, has it Guy?

[marble falls]

4. He's probably looking forward to some serious time. The hand gun should fuck him all by itself.

[RockRaven]

3. Who knows what kind of sick shit they will find on there? We should all spare a thought for the

horrors that prosecutors, agents, and technicians experience when they have to wade through MAGAts' digital records...