Why Property & Casualty Insurance Should Not Be Optional thestreet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestreet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jeenah Moon/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) A federal judge delivered a split verdict Tuesday to the founder of the group "Cowboys for Trump" who was the second defendant to be tried for their role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in New Mexico, was arrested 10 days after the Capitol riot and faced two misdemeanor charges of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, and disorderly conduct. In his ruling Tuesday, Judge Trevor McFadden found Griffin guilty on the first charge but not guilty on the charge of disorderly conduct, saying the government failed to meet its burden of proof that Griffin sought to rile up or otherwise join others in the crowd in acting out. Griffin faces up to a year in jail and potential fines when he is sentenced in June. Griffin was not alleged to have physically entered the Capitol building or to have participated in any violence, but prosecutors said he climbed over barriers and a wall befor