Law & Crime reports:
A New Mexico county commissioner and the founder of “Cowboys for Trump” has been convicted of one misdemeanor, in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and found not guilty of a second misdemeanor charge. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Donald Trump appointee, found him guilty of entering a restricted area, but not of the disorderly conduct charge, saying that the government didn’t prove the elements of that charge.
Griffin was seen on video apparently using a metal barricade as a ladder to get on to Capitol grounds. “You can call it a barricade, I call it a step,” Griffin told NBC News on Monday before the trial started. According to the Washington Post, Trump promoted a video of Griffin on Twitter in which Griffin said that “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” On Monday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a lawsuit to remove Griffin from office.
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New Mexico County Commissioner and ‘Cowboys for Trump’ Founder Convicted of Single Jan. 6 Misdemeanor Charge, Not Guilty on Second Chargehttps://t.co/3Rls0fJJ8o
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New: A judge handed down a mixed verdict for Cowboys for Trump leader Couy Griffin, finding him guilty of illegally entering a restricted area on Jan. 6, but not guilty of disorderly conduct.
On today's decision, with more to come: https://t.co/yBm6N5Cwlb
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