New Mexico county commissioner who participated in Jan 6 riot loses Supreme Court appeal

A former New Mexico county commissioner who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot will be unable to run for future workplace, following a Supreme Court choice on Monday.

The rejected appeal by former Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin leaves him the one elected official to this point to be banned from workplace in reference to the Capitol assault, which disrupted Congress because it was attempting to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory over then-President Trump.

Though the Supreme Court dominated this month that states would not have the flexibility to bar Trump or different candidates for federal workplaces from the poll, the justices stated completely different guidelines apply to state and native candidates.

“We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office,” the justices wrote in an unsigned opinion.

NEW MEXICO JUDGE REMOVES COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM OFFICE FOR PARTICIPATION IN JAN 6 RIOT

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Otero County, New Mexico, Commissioner Couy Griffin speaks to reporters as he arrives at federal court docket in Washington, D.C., June. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

Griffin was kicked out of workplace in September 2022 over his participation in the Jan. 6 riot following a ruling from New Mexico State District Court Judge Francis Mathew that completely prohibits him from operating for native or federal workplace.

The decide dominated that Griffin participated in an “insurrection after taking his oath” on the U.S. Capitol and that he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

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A scene from the January 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol in 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Griffin was beforehand convicted in federal court docket of a misdemeanor for coming into the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6. He was sentenced to 14 days and given credit score for time served.

Griffin contends that he entered the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6 with out recognizing that it had been designated as a restricted space and that he tried to steer a crowd in prayer utilizing a bullhorn, with out participating in violence.

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Couy Griffin, a former Otero County commissioner and co-founder of Cowboys for Trump, speaks throughout a gun rights rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sept. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

On the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault, Griffin solid himself because the sufferer of political persecution as he spoke to a gathering in the agricultural neighborhood of Gillette, Wyoming, on the invitation of the county Republican Party.

“God is really allowing me to experience some amazing days,” Griffin stated, in line with The Associated Press. “Jan. 6 was a day like no other. It was a day where a type of patriotism was expressed that I’d never seen before, and I was honored to be there.”

Otero County, New Mexico, Commissioner Couy Griffin speaks to reporters at federal court docket in Washington, D.C., June. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

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Griffin is a cowboy pastor who rode to nationwide political fame by embracing then-President Trump with a collection of horseback caravans.

Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller and The Associated Press contributed to this report.