‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder, who vowed to return with guns to Capitol Hill for inauguration, arrested by FBI

Santa Fe, New Mexico – A New Mexico county official and founder of the Cowboys for Trump group, who vowed to return to Washington after Riot last week at the U.S. Capitol for placing a flag on the desk of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was arrested Sunday by the FBI.

Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin was arrested for illegally entering the United States Capitol.

According to court documents, Griffin told investigators he was “caught” in the crowd, which pushed its way through the barricades and entered the restricted area of ​​the United States Capitol, but said he did not had not entered the building and had remained in the United States Capitol Steps.

A video posted to Griffin’s personal Facebook page shows Griffin in restricted areas, according to the affidavit.

Griffin did not immediately respond to phone or text messages from The Associated Press requesting comment.

Griffin said on Thursday he planned to travel with guns to Washington, DC, to Inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

“I will be there on January 20 … and I will take a stand for our country and for our freedoms,” Griffin said at an Otero County Board of Commissioners meeting.

“I’m going to leave tonight or tomorrow. I have a Henry Big Boy .357 rifle lever that I have in the trunk of my car and I have a .357 single action revolver, the Colt Ruger Vaquero that I have. will have under the front seat on my right side and I will embrace my second amendment.

“I will keep my right to bear arms. My vehicle is an extension of my house under constitutional law, and I have the right to have these guns in my car,” he said.

The ViacomCBS “Inside Edition” program featured Griffin on the Capitol steps during the protest. “We’re not going anywhere,” he said. “We are not going to take an answer for no. We are not going to have our elections stolen from China.”

Asked about the comments he made on Facebook that there would be “bloodshed” from the Capitol if there were more protests, and if he was afraid more people could die, Griffin replied: “I’m more afraid of losing my freedom than I’m nothing.”

At another point, Griffin also said, “We’re not going to allow it. There will never be a Biden presidency.”