SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico county official who runs a group called Cowboys for Trump and who had vowed to return to Washington after last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol to place a flag on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk has been arrested by the FBI. Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin was arrested Sunday on charges of illegally entering the U.S. Capitol. Griffin did not immediately respond to phone or text messages seeking comment. On Thursday, Griffin, said he planned to travel with firearms to Washington, D.C., for Biden’s inauguration. The New Mexico Attorney General is calling on Griffin to step down. Hector Balderas wrote in twitter, “I am demanding that Couy Griffin immediately resign from the Otero County Commission or my office will seek his removal.”
