Arrested for standing on steps
Posted on 01/17/2021 5:07:48 PM PST by conservative98
A New Mexico elected official — who co-founded the group Cowboys for Trump — was arrested by the FBI on Sunday in connection to his alleged role in the Capitol riot.
Couy Griffin, an Otero County commissioner, was busted after filming himself on the steps of the Capitol the day a mob of Trump supporters attacked the legislative building, federal authorities told KVIA-TV.
At a commissioners meeting on Thursday, Griffin vowed to return to Washington, D.C. on Inauguration Day, armed with guns to “embrace” the Second Amendment, the outlet separately reported.
Griffin had called the Capitol siege, “a great day for America,” according to the report.
“The people have shown that they’ve had enough. People are ready for fair and legal elections, or this is what you’re gonna to get. You’re gonna get more of it,” he said from the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Griffin had said he did not cause any damage or assault anybody the day of the riot.
The attorney general of New Mexico on Sunday evening called for Griffin to step down.
“I am demanding that Couy Griffin immediately resign from the Otero County Commission or my office will seek his removal,” the attorney general, Hector Balderas, wrote on Twitter.
It was not immediately clear what charges Griffin will face.
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Arrested for standing on steps
The FBI is TOTALLY CORRUPT!!!
How’s the results from that Vegas shooting comin along? /s
What’s the crime?
Was he seen breaking windows, storming past security, entering the joint session floor?
Post 2- Bingo
“violent step-filming”
Arrested for standing...
Whats the technical law? Are the steps a prohibited area? Are they marked as such?
How is everything a riot?
This is persecution and a witch hunt against ANY Trump supporter that is identified in DC on Jan 6.
Standing on steps taking a photo and making a rhetorical comment in his frustration for redress that most any betrayed person would do.
So what.
Sad that being an American on those steps made him some sort of criminal.
As stated: The FBI are criminals
If the Capital police let them in (proof of that) and there weren’t any “No Trespassing” signs on the steps, tell the FBI2FOAD!
Arrested for his political beliefs is more like it. But this isn’t a dictatorship. Sure it isn’t.
The police let people in past the barrier.
The FBI is the modern Gestapo!!!!
Wish they but this much effort in going after Antifa or BLM.
Yes! Should have been disbanded.
Do not step down, sir! The Leftists wear their arrests as badges of honor.
Straight out of banana republic playbook.
Steal an election and then arrest those who complain.
Our ENTIRE government is corrupt.
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