(Those findings were comprehensively rejected by the Maricopa County Elections Department.). Some have. He lives in a doublewide trailer. Trump won there in 2020 with 73% of the vote. Theyre going find out he didnt have anything to do with these types of things, he said. Griffin participated in, encouraged, and promoted the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol, the suit alleges. But my hope rests on the law, and the law is available to us all.. The motion said Couy Griffin "has. Griffin had recently been booted out of office following his conviction on federal charges for trespassing outside the Capitol building during the January 6 attack. The political operative. The attorney general also received numerous citizen complaints about Griffin. More immediately, Griffin is eyeing an open 2022 sheriffs race in another New Mexico county where he grew up. Griffin had previously sued Toulouse Oliver claiming he was not required to register or file as a political committee. "The reports that we've subsequently seen put out by these people have been riddled with falsehoods," she said. "I was never involved in anything violent on that day, and there was never anything violently done around me," he said when asked about the incident. The couple soon found an ally in Couy Griffin, a flamboyant former Disneyland Paris rodeo cowboy who until this week was a member of the county commission in Otero, a rural New Mexico community. And it was a challenging venture into the barbecue restaurant business that he said pushed him into politics. Stay turned to KALHRadio.org and the Alamogordo Town News and AlamogordoConservativeDaily.org for daily updates. He perpetuates the former president's false claim that the 2020 elections were fraudulent. Griffin is scheduled on Monday and Tuesday for a trial without a jury before 1st Judicial District Judge Francis Mathew in Santa Fe. McFadden also acquitted Griffin of a disorderly conduct charge. 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The ruling comes after lawyers for Griffin's ex-wife, Kourtnie, filed an emergency motion in May to modify their custody and visitation agreement. He yearns to someday run for governor even though state GOP leaders are openly scornful and Democrats hold every statewide elected office. 13:00, Joe Sommerlad. Today, Couy Griffin is divorced, disparaged by family and confronts a political recall drive, a state corruption investigation and federal charges. Dysfunctional family. He says Griffin is right about lots of things, like the need for a border wall. Griffin lost that case but still appears to have failed to follow the court order. ", "To the extent that their goal is to actually have a negative impact on voter confidence," she added, "we are very concerned about the election in 2022, and obviously in 2024.". FILE - Otero County, New Mexico Commissioner Couy Griffin speaks to reporters as he arrives at federal court in Washington, June 17, 2022. Officer: Youre free to go. The arbitrator, who was chosen by Griffin and Cowboys for Trump, found for the Secretary of State's Office. A federal judge found Couy Griffin, a county commissioner from New Mexico and founder of the group "Cowboys For Trump," guilty on one of two counts stemming from the Capitol riot. Im not going to sit and argue with that.. New Mexico and ABQ News, Sports, Business and more, By Olivier Uyttebrouck / Journal Staff Writer They say Griffin didnt partake in violence and was well within his free speech rights as he voiced election grievances and attempted to lead a prayer with a bullhorn. Clements, 42, was a popular tenure-track assistant professor teaching law in the business school of New Mexico State University on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob loyal to Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. The canvass was part of a controversial third-party audit that commissioners had voted to spend nearly $50,000 on in January, despite the fact that the county went overwhelmingly for Trump, with the incumbent winning nearly 62 percent of the vote. Griffin said he never entered the Capitol building. I dont have the money to go up against those kind of people, Griffin said Friday. Griffin has acknowledged using the county building for promotional videos but said he never claimed they were . 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The need for the audit in New Mexico was more in the likes of Bernalillo County, and Sandoval County and Doa Ana County," referring to areas where President Joe Biden won the 2020 vote. "It's not like I'm trying to overturn an election that we lost," he said. The role of creativity in resilience and community-building, Alamogordo Proud Downtown Nights Otero Arts Exhibition Opening, Late Shopping and More, Downtown stores open till 8 pm Friday student art exhibition and more, Alamogordo Proud It is All About the Fashion Spotlight Alamogordo Artisan Linda Swenson, Alamogordo Proud is All about the fashions of Alamogordo's Linda Swenson, AlamogordoTownNews.com Tularosa High School Students Excel in Competitions, AlamogordoTownNews.com Not Guilty! The criminal complaint which is basis for the lawsuit states that "on or between January 15, 2020 and March 18, 2022, Couy Griffin did willfully and knowingly violate and provision of the Campaign Reporting Act by failing to register Cowboys for Trump as a political committee with the Secretary of State, by failing to file all required finance reports and by failing to pay statutory fines for failure to file; after receiving a lawful order to do so, a misdemeanor offense.". Under the first-look pact, Mortal Media will develop and produce a range of projects across film and television, in [] His wife divorced him. So whats the solution?. I just went to stand in what I believe is my constitutional right, to peacefully protest. Couy Griffin back in court over 'Cowboys for Trump' An off-duty sheriff follows reckless driver, shoots $20,000 in mattresses donated to a local non-profit The fanciful arguments of conspiracists obscure the countrys real need to continue to address election vulnerabilities, she said, such as internet voting 31 states and the District of Columbia allow it for overseas, military and in some places disabled voters as well as outdated paperless voting machines. The Oath Keeper. Couy Griffin's Wife, Children Griffin is currently single, he was previously married to his girlfriend Kourtnie A Gates, but they were divorced in 2019. "When they come up with these conspiracy theories, it really confuses the voters, and we have a hard enough time getting our voters out to vote as it is," she said. D-101-CV-2022-00473, 2022 WL 4295619 (N.M. Dist. The cowboy. He saw the sawmill's work as "curating" the forest. The believer. Pacing the room at the senior center in Neligh, microphone in hand, Clements put the matter in stark terms. He means no malice on anybody, said George Seeds, outside the New Heart Cowboy Church in Alamogordo where Griffin once served as pastor. Griffin is presumed innocent until proven guilty. US District Judge Trevor McFadden heard one day of testimony without a jury on Monday before handing down a verdict in the misdemeanor case against Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin, a. Friday night on, Senate Bill 2 would bring the pay of state Supreme Court justices in line with. The Proud Boy. And yet, Griffin said in an interview that the audit is strategic, designed to forge a path so other counties in New Mexico audit their elections, a gambit that echoes a nationwide push by Republican officials to sow doubt about election results by pushing for audits. Later, he served as the vice chair for legal affairs of the states Libertarian party. Just this week, Griffins attorneys filed new motions on his behalf one demanding evidence and another claiming his charges are politically motivated. This decision marks the first time since 1869 that a court has disqualified a public official under Section 3, and . . And something happened. Because the rule of law needs to exist.. Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican we should all want to make sure our elections are secure.. Otero County commissioners in July rejected Griffins request for taxpayer-funded legal representation in the lawsuit. Clements said in a brief interview in Nebraska that he believes his efforts are noble. He further stated in his plea for public support; this fight is much greater than the person of Couy Griffin. As CPAC's 2023 edition kicks off, the man who greets the myriad right-wing activists and supporters descending on Maryland . Last year, one report (produced jointly by the Brennan Center for Justice, the R Street think tank and nonprofit Protect Democracy) looked at five states where partisan reviews of elections are being pursued. Any further details regarding Kourtnie have not been disclosed yet. And that was one that got me, said Brown, part of a committee seeking to recall Griffin. Officer: Where you headed to? Clements says he is not paid for his appearances but asks for donations for travel expenses at the door. I stand before you as someone who used to be an award-winning professor, an award-winning prosecutor who is unemployed, Clements said. Ah cheer up, Chris - maybe the governor's State Police troopers can catch Couy doing an illegal lane change! Couy Griffin is a white man from Tularosa, Otero County, New Mexico, United States. Sledgehammers! a woman at the back of the room yelled out. The donut shop has announced it has closed its South Valley and Northeast Heights locations. But in a recent interview in Alamogordo, Griffin was determined to keep fighting for Trump, despite the audit's problems, plus the charges he faces for his role in the Capitol attack, financial difficulties and a profound disappointment in the former president himself. Today, Couy Griffin is divorced, disparaged by family and confronts a political recall drive, a state corruption investigation and federal charges. Do you regret anything that happened? If I was in your position I wouldnt be able to sleep at night, Griffin said to Holmes.