The group founder Cowboys for Trump and a New Mexico district commissioner were arrested on Sunday for his alleged role in the Capitol riot 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 Cowboys’ Facebook page for Trump that he “climbed the top of the Capitol and … sat in the front row,” the affidavit said.
In the same now-deleted video, he reportedly said, “Are you saying that was a gang? Are you saying that was violence? No sir. No madam. No, we could have a 2nd amendment meeting on the same steps we had yesterday. You know, and when we do, it’s gonna be a sad day because blood will flow from that building. But at the end of the day, mark my word, we’ll plant our flag on the desk Nancy Pelosi
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Prosecutors said Griffin told FBI agents on Jan. 11 that he was traveling to the nation’s capital with Matt Struck, who “runs the media” for the Cowboys for Trump organization. Griffin said he expected the demonstration in the Capitol to be peaceful and that he was “caught up” when a crowd entered the Capitol.
Griffin reportedly said that neither he nor Struck actually entered the Capitol, but instead stayed on the steps of the building. He added that he left the Capitol grounds “peacefully” and that “the police had never asked him to leave the area.”
The federal official said Griffin’s placement, as documented in several videos shared on Facebook, was “well within the restricted area” of the Capitol, according to the affidavit.
The founder of Cowboys for Trump was charged Sunday with knowingly entering or remaining in a confined building or property without legal authority. He was arrested in Washington, DC
Griffin also told federal officials that he planned to travel to Washington, DC again for a meeting on January 20, 2021. He told FBI special agents that “he hopes a change in leadership can be achieved ‘without even having to act. one shot is fired ‘”. but noted that there was “no option off the table for freedom’s sake,” the affidavit said.
Griffin also spoke about his actions during the riot at a council meeting in Otero County, NM on Jan. 14, according to the FBI. He said he led a group in prayer “outside the Capitol, but where the president is being consecrated.”
At the council meeting, Griffin said he planned to bring weapons to Washington DC on January 20 to protest the president-elect Joe Biden
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The New Mexico man previously made headlines President Trump
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“I’m saying the reason the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat – I’m saying it politically and I’m saying it because we need majorities in the House and Senate,” he added later. “It’s the only way we’re going to pause a governor that got out of hand.”