The founder of the Cowboys for Trump group and a New Mexico County commissioner were arrested Sunday for their alleged role in the Capitol revolt earlier this month.
Couy Griffin confirmed in an interview with FBI agents that he was present at the riot, according to a federal affidavit. Griffin said in a video posted on the Cowboys for Trump Facebook page that he “climbed to the top of the Capitol building and … had a front-row seat,” the affidavit says.
In the same video that has already been deleted, he allegedly said, “You mean that was a crowd? You mean it was violence? No sir. No lady. No, we could have a concentration of the second amendment on the same steps we did yesterday. You know, and if we do, it’s going to be a sad day, because there’s going to be blood running through this building. But at the end of the day, mark my word, we will plant our flag on the desk Nancy Pelosi
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Prosecutors said Griffin told FBI agents Jan. 11 that he traveled to the country’s capital with Matt Struck, who “runs the media” for the Cowboys for Trump organization. Griffin said he hoped the demonstration at the U.S. Capitol would be peaceful and that he would be “trapped” when a crowd entered the Capitol building.
Griffin reportedly said that neither he nor Struck actually entered the Capitol building, rather than staying on the stairs of the building. He added that he left the US Capitol grounds “peacefully” and that “the police never asked him to leave the area.”
A federal official said Griffin’s placement, as documented in several videos shared on Facebook, was “far within the restricted area” of the Capitol building, according to the affidavit.
The founder of the Cowboys for Trump was charged Sunday with consciously entering or remaining in any restricted building or land without legal authority. He was arrested in Washington, DC
Griffin also told federal officials that he planned to travel back to Washington, DC for a rally on Jan. 20, 2021. He told FBI special agents that he “hopes a change of leadership can be made” without a single shot was fired. “but noted that” there was no option off the table for freedom, “” according to the affidavit.
Griffin also addressed his actions during the riot during a board meeting in Otero County, New Zealand, on Jan. 14, according to the FBI. He said he led a group in prayer “outside the Capitol, but as far as the president is inaugurated.”
At the board meeting, Griffin said he intended to bring weapons to Washington DC on Jan. 20 to protest the president-elect. Joe Biden
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The New Mexico man previously reached the headlines President Trump
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“I say the reason the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat: I say it politically speaking and I say it because we need to have a majority in the House and Senate,” he added later. “It’s the only way we’re going to put breaks for a governor out of control.”