beach resort. and a big question is still unanswered. why did he have a document like this in the first place? a lot more to come on all of this, so stay tuned. and there s more news tonight on something happening for the first time in modern american history. and that is an elected official barred from holding office for allegedly violating a cause in the 14th amendment by participating in what the judge ruled was an insurrection against the u.s. government. new mexico county commissioner and founder of the cowboys for trump coy griffin lost his elected position today for his role in the january 6th riot and he is now barred from holding office. the judge pointed out the irony that griffin argued that court should consider the will of the people. and the will of people was what january six was all about. and let s not forget what happened the capulet they. it was part of an effort to overturn our election. surveillance video, newly-obtained by cnn, shows kathy latham, a form
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here s another thing, clearly this is gonna be democrats message moving forward. donald trump and the maga republicans as a threat to democracy. and they are really holding firm on them being a threat to democracy. if these people are such true threats to democracy, why have democratic outlets and packs put $43 million behind his maga republicans to get him elected these primary races, running against democrats, thinking they are easier to beat? there s want to be a chance that some of these people are going to win. and democrats have nobody to blame but themselves huge, huge. for putting money behind maga republicans if they think this is all about democracy, this is more propping up democrats. these are mega republicans, election deniers and the sort, and people who make excuses for january 6th. thank you all very much. i appreciate it. for the first time in 100 years, an elected official has been barred for holding office under the constitution s ban on insurrectionists. w
this, so stay tuned. and there s more news tonight on something happening for the first time in modern american history. and that is an elected official barred from holding office for allegedly violating a clause in the 14th amendment by participating in what the judge ruled was an insurrection against the u.s. government. new mexico county commissioner and founder of the cowboys for trump coy griffin lost his elected position today for his role in the january 6th riot and he is now barred from holding office. the judge pointed out the irony that griffin argued that the court should consider the will of the people. and the will of people was what january six was all about. and let s not forget what happened at the capitol that day. it was part of an effort to overturn our election. surveillance video, newly-obtained by cnn, shows kathy latham, a former gop chairwoman of coffee county georgia who is under criminal investigation for allegedly
any federal state or federal elected position in the future. so, there you go. the judge saying that griffin and his organization cowboys for trump spent months normalizing the violence that may be necessary to keep president trump in office. so joining me now cnn senior legal analysis laura coats. laura, hi, what a mess, wow, wow, wow. what a mess. this is a historic ruling, if i m not wrong, removing griffin from office. this happened, has it happened over 100 years? why did the judge decide to do this? well, first of all, it s a good thing in america it s a good thing that we do not have a case like this every year, because it would mean that someone had engaged in rebellion or insurrection against the united states government after having taking an oath to be a public servant. so, it s a good thing that we do not have a whole lot of case law on an issue like this. but you re right, last time it happened, it was when someone who allegedly gave aid and comfort to an enemy in wo