Federal prosecutors have pleaded guilty to the Cowboys on charges that Trump founder Couy Griffin illegally entered a roadblock during the fatal riots in the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
According to the Associated Press, the confidential agreement was provided to Griffin during a discussion at a court hearing in Washington, DC on Monday. Griffin is an elected Republican commissioner in Otero County, New Mexico. He was charged with one count of deliberately entering or staying in any restricted building or site without legal entry on January 17. He denied that he had done anything illegal.
Griffin was in the Capitol during the riots, but did not enter the building.Instead, Griffin—who had served as a missionary in the “Cowboy Church”—crossed the barrier to reach an area outside the building, where he used a megaphone to lead the crowd of the former president Donald TrumpAngry supporters pray.He posted a video of himself to the Cowboys for Trump Facebook The next day, he boasted that he “climbed to the top of the Capitol” and took a “front seat” in the riot.
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In the same video, Griffin commented that if pro-Trump thugs were to hold a “Second Amendment Rally” on the same steps, it would be a “sad day” because “that building will bleed. He vowed to return to the Capitol to run for president Joe BidenAt the inauguration on January 20, he later promised to bring a gun to “embrace my Second Amendment.”he is Arrested He was charged when he returned to Washington.
“I really hope the judge will dismiss the charges,” Griffin told reporters Albuquerque daily In June. “What I participated in on January 6th was not a violent mob or anything that looked like an uprising. What I participated in was a peaceful protest, where I was side by side with like-minded patriots about election integrity concerns. I went to peace with my heart. People pray together, and this is what I did.”
A judge appointed by Trump disagreed with Griffin’s explanation and rejected a legal argument that he was “selectively charged” in July for his political beliefs. If Griffin is found guilty, he could face up to one year in prison.
During the weeks after Griffin was arrested and jailed, he was quarantined for refusing to take the necessary COVID-19 tests. In addition to opposing testing, Griffin also bluntly supports medical advice to ignore COVID-19 vaccines or wear masks during the pandemic.
Griffin has been investigated by the state for corruption and is currently facing a recall. As of last week, about one-third of the signatures of the recall petition have been collected. The Trump Cowboys, founded by Griffin in 2019, have also come under fire. Sidney Powell, a Trump-supporting “Sirene” lawyer, recently provided voluntary services to help the organization revoke court orders, register as a political action committee, and pay cumulative fines.
Griffin issued a series of controversial statements calling for violence against his political opponents. Last year, Griffin insisted that “the only good Democrat is the dead Democrat” and called on Trump to “hang” his opponent for “treason.”He also hinted that due to wearing a mask and Promote conspiracy theories Claim the capitol Policemen Officer Brian Siknick and rioter Ashley Babbitt may not have died in the riots.
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