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 …
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The Associated Press reports: An elected official from New Mexico heads to trial Monday with a judge — not a jury — set to decide if he is guilty of charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol grounds on the day a pro-Trump mob disrupted the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. Griffin, a former rodeo rider and …
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CNN reports: A Trump-appointed federal judge on Friday rejected claims from a US Capitol riot defendant that he had been “selectively charged” because he is a supporter of former President Donald Trump. Federal Judge Trevor McFadden shot down that accusation and upheld the criminal charges against Couy Griffin, a county commissioner from New Mexico who founded the “Cowboys for Trump” …
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Mediaite reports: CNN spoke with Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in New Mexico, and founder of Cowboys For Trump. He has been charged by the Department of Justice for breaching the Capitol. “I’m not even so sure that Officer Sicknick’s even dead. I’m serious. That’s, that’s how–and I hate to be so crazy conspiracy-minded. I’m not even so sure Ashli …
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Albuquerque’s ABC News affiliate reports: Jailed Otero County Commissioner, Couy Griffin, will stay behind bars in Washington, D.C. Griffin was arrested last month and charged with the unlawful entry for storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The U.S. Attorney’s office in D.C. had asked that Griffin be held without bail, arguing that he’s a flight risk and referring to …
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The Independent reports: A New Mexico county official and founder of the group Cowboys for Trump who had vowed to return to Washington after last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol to place a flag on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk has been arrested Sunday by the FBI. Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin was arrested on charges of illegally entering …
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The Santa Fe New Mexican reports: Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin has again stirred an outcry over his fiery political rhetoric — this time for saying certain Democratic governors should be executed for treason. Griffin, who founded the group Cowboys for Trump, also told the Daily Beast on Tuesday that anti-lockdown protesters might be justified in using violence. “You get …
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USA Today reports: Is the only good Democrat a dead Democrat? That’s what Otero County’s District 2 Commissioner Couy Griffin alleged at a May 17 gathering in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. “I’ve come to a place where I’ve come to the conclusion that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat,” he said to a crowd gathered in Sierra …
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