The number of people arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 riot continued to climb Sunday, as the U.S. Capitol Police arrested Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in Otero County, N.M., who heads a group called Cowboys for Trump and has spoken openly about his involvement in the storming of the Capitol.
Images from a Facebook video that Griffin posted as well as news coverage show that he was within the restricted area of the Capitol on that day, the FBI said in an affidavit. In a video posted to the Cowboys for Trump Facebook page, Griffin said he had “climbed up on the top of the Capitol building and . . . had a first row seat.”
He also raised the specter of a future gun rights rally at the Capitol, saying there would be “blood running out of that building” and promising, “We will plant our flag on the desk of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.”
Griffin said last week that he planned to bring multiple guns with him to D.C. to protest Biden’s inauguration and make a stand for gun rights.
Images from a Facebook video that Griffin posted as well as news coverage show that he was within the restricted area of the Capitol on that day, the FBI said in an affidavit. In a video posted to the Cowboys for Trump Facebook page, Griffin said he had “climbed up on the top of the Capitol building and . . . had a first row seat.”
He also raised the specter of a future gun rights rally at the Capitol, saying there would be “blood running out of that building” and promising, “We will plant our flag on the desk of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.”
Griffin said last week that he planned to bring multiple guns with him to D.C. to protest Biden’s inauguration and make a stand for gun rights.
