Capitol riot trial opens for Cowboys for Trump founder

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Capitol riot trial opens for Cowboys for Trump founder

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
March 21, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — An elected official from New Mexico went 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.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden is scheduled to hear attorneys’ closing arguments Tuesday for the case against Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin, whose trial in Washington, D.C., is the second among the hundreds of people charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, siege.

The judge heard testimony Monday from three government witnesses. Griffin’s lawyer said he doesn’t plan to call any defense witnesses.

The case against Griffin is unlike most of the Capitol riot prosecutions. He is one of the few riot defendants who isn’t accused of entering the Capitol or engaging in any violent or destructive behavior. He claims he has been selectively prosecuted for his political views.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-biden-elections-crime-new-mexico-392f02aafc048a93ccc647044b748219


Otero County, New Mexico Commissioner Couy Griffin, arrives at the Federal Court House in Washington, Monday, March 21, 2022. Griffin is charged with illegally entering Capitol grounds the day a pro-Trump mob disrupted certification of Joe Biden's presidential election victory on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

[abqtommy]

1. It's way past time for We The People to demand accountability from people who

support Fascist attacks. Let's judge them by their words and their actions or else we
will surely lose out to them and their vicious ways.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Elected Officials Should Be...

...held to an even higher standard.
No political persecution needed.
An elected official should know better, and he did it anyway.
Is he being selectively prosecuted? Maybe. And, maybe it's because he's in his position of authority and abused it.

[IcyPeas]

3. He said: "The only good democrat is a dead democrat" and was disappointed Trump never jailed Hillary

[Kali]

4. goober needs some jail time