A New Mexico judge on Tuesday ordered the co-founder of Cowboys for Trump removed from public office over his presence at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. State District Court Judge Francis Mathew removed Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin from his elected position “effective immediately” and banned him from seeking further public office, citing the 14th Amendment’s clause barring those who have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution from holding federal or state office if they have engaged “in insurrection or rebellion.” https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/cowboys-trump-co-founder-barred-office-rcna46525
A state judge in New Mexico may have finally helped shift that dynamic when dealing with Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, who not only was a front-line participant in the riot, but then refused to certify 2022 election results in his county, demanding a phony “audit” of the 2020 results instead. However, after Griffin was convicted in federal court for entering the Capitol, First District Judge Francis Mathew on Monday banned Griffin from office, calling his attempts to rewrite history about Jan. 6 “putting lipstick on a pig.”
A New Mexico judge ordered Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin be removed from office, effective immediately, ruling that the attack on the Capitol was an insurrection and that Griffin’s participation in it disqualified him under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.