Judge Refuses To Release Couy Griffin

Above, a Cowboys for Trump ride in Grants, New Mexico in November 2019. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Entering the U.S. Capitol was a dumb move. Even dumber was that a high profile Trump supporter entered a restricted area in the Capitol and got himself arrested. Now he's stuck in jail in Washington, D.C.

Couy Griffin, a commissioner of New Mexico's Otero County was also a founder of the Cowboys for Trump group.

According to KOB 4:

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin will remain in federal custody following his arrest for entering a restricted area during the Capitol riots.

Griffin's attorney argued that his client is "not a crazy person even though he has made some unfortunate statements."

In a now-deleted Facebook post, the founder of Cowboys for Trump made a prediction about Inauguration Day. He said “blood will run out of the building." He was arrested in Washington, D.C. ahead of Inauguration Day. 

A preliminary hearing has been set for February 8.

A high profile person, such as Griffin, will only get the book thrown at them when a dumb move is made to make an example out of them.

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