After Capitol Riot, Elected Officials Under Pressure Back Home
At least 19 state and local elected officeholders from across the country attended the Jan. 6 rally and, in some cases, stormed the Capitol.
Former President Donald J. Trump spoke at a rally in front of the White House on Jan. 6.Credit...Pete Marovich for The New York Times
Published Jan. 31, 2021Updated Feb. 5, 2021
WASHINGTON — In a video posted on Facebook, Couy Griffin, the founder of a group called Cowboys for Trump, bragged that he had a “first row seat” to the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and considered returning for another rally in which he imagined “blood running out of that building,” the F.B.I. said. Later, he told the F.B.I. that he hoped the next demonstration would be nonviolent but there was “no option that’s off the table for the sake of freedom.”