Judge denies release of jailed Cowboys for Trump leader
A New Mexico county commissioner and leader of “Cowboys for Trump” who was arrested for storming the Capitol last month met with former President Donald Trump “several times” over the last couple of years, court documents state.
Couy Griffin, a 47-year-old Republican who represents Otero County’s 2nd district, was charged on Jan. 17 with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority after he filmed himself on the Capitol steps during the Jan. 6 insurrection. He vowed to return to Washington, D.C., for President Joe Biden’s inauguration, armed with guns to “embrace” the Second Amendment, according to a criminal complaint… MORE