He was sentenced to 14 days full-time, fined $ 3,000 and sentenced to one year of supervised release with the requirement to serve 60 hours of community service.
Griffin was videotaped at the Capitol saying “he has Mike Pence in our prayers” and hoped Pence would “do the right thing” and argued during his trial that he was peaceful on Jan. 6 and even calmed a group of rioters leading them to prayer.
Griffin, an Otero County commissioner, continues to tirelessly push for allegations of election fraud, refusing to certify the results of recent primaries in his county, which the Justice Department cited to bolster his argument that Griffin he would have to spend several months in prison.
Along with two other GOP commissioners, Griffin has refused to certify the results of the June 7 primary, pointing to a distrust of Dominion’s voting machines, a false conspiracy theory popularized by the legal team. former President Donald Trump during the 2020 election. On Thursday, Griffin told CNN that he will also challenge a state Supreme Court order to certify the results of the primaries. The commission has scheduled an emergency meeting on Friday afternoon to address certification.
The commissioners’ challenge has raised alarm among voter rights activists, who are concerned that conspiracy theories about voting machines and elections are taking root in the country’s pockets and fear that Otero’s scam could serve as a prelude to future election disruptions this year. midterm elections.
Friday is the deadline for New Mexico counties to certify the results of the June 7 primary election. New Mexico Democratic Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver this week called on the state attorney general to investigate Otero’s commissioners on several recent actions, including Griffin-initiated votes to remove ballot boxes and stop using Dominion’s vote counting machines before the November election.
Following a somewhat lengthy trial in March, Federal Judge Trevor McFadden found Griffin guilty of entering U.S. Capitol grounds during the riots.
The expander, a conspiracy theorist and a former Disney cowboy interpreter, asked for two months probation, alleging that he had already suffered harsh punishments such as being held in jail for several weeks after being arrested when he returned to DC on January 17, 2021. Griffin told his county commission colleagues that he would return for Joe Biden’s inauguration with his revolver and rifle.
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