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New Mexico official who said 'the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat' is arrested for Capitol riot
Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
Jan. 18, 2021
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President Trump's culpability for the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol two weeks ago will be judged by U.S. senators in a looming impeachment trial - and possibly by the court system after he leaves the presidency.
And now a man with a personal connection to Trump - and whose violent rhetoric Trump promoted to the world - has been arrested in the riot.
Otero County, N.M., Commissioner Couy Griffin was arrested Sunday for illegally entering the Capitol on Jan. 6. Griffin, the head of a group called Cowboys for Trump, claims he got caught up with the crowd and didn't actually enter the building, but the affidavit says video on his personal Facebook page showed him in restricted areas.