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Jackson Reffitt, whose father Guy Reffitt was sentenced to seven years in prison, says his father “absolutely” deserves it for participating in the Jan. 6 demonstration on the Capitol.

Jackson spoke out to CNN where he said he said he does not regret his decision to rat out his father.

“I mean, I’m not happy at all. I haven’t been happy to this whole situation. No one in my family has either, but to say I’m surprised would be a lie,” Jackson said to CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “New Day” Tuesday after his father was sentenced. “I mean, everything my dad did, he’s his own person. And his action has consequences. But I’m not happy at all.”

“I mean, realistically, this doesn’t have a matter of political opinion. What my father did is far from politics. This is completely off the rails violence. Whether it had a political motive at this point doesn’t matter. It’s more about what he does and who he did it for,” Jackson added. Read more…