1. Couy Dale Griffin was born on 1973 and is an American former politician who served from 2019 to 2022 as a county commissioner for District 2 of Otero County, New Mexico, which covers Tularosa, Three Rivers, La Luz, the western parts of Alamogordo, and the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
In September 2022, Griffin was removed from office pursuant to the Insurrection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution due to his actions in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, for which he was pardoned in January 2025.
In 2018, incumbent district 2 commissioner Susan Flores did not seek re-election, and Couy Griffin joined the race to succeed her.
Couy Griffin won the general election on November 6,2018, with 3,090 votes against Democrat Christopher Jones with 1,635 votes.
Couy Griffin is the founder of the group Cowboys for Trump.
In September 2019, Couy Griffin drove from New Mexico to Washington, DC, to attend a conference representing Otero County.
In March 2023, following a two-day jury trial in Alamogordo, Couy Griffin was acquitted of the campaign-finance charge.
On January 6,2021, Couy Griffin participated in the attack on the United States Capitol, climbing over barriers and walls to gain access to a restricted area of the grounds.
Later that month, Couy Griffin spoke during a recorded commission meeting stating he was going to go back to DC with his firearms for the inauguration of Joe Biden.
Couy Griffin spent 20 days in pretrial detention at the DC Jail.
Couy Griffin was found guilty on the trespassing charge, but was acquitted of the "disorderly and disruptive conduct" charge.
Couy Griffin was sentenced to 14 days in jail, a $3,000 fine, 60 days of community service, and supervised release for a duration of one year.
Couy Griffin appealed the conviction to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, arguing that the government needed to prove that he knew a Secret Service protectee was present when he trespassed.
Couy Griffin appealed the case to the New Mexico Supreme Court, which dismissed the appeal on procedural grounds in November, and reaffirmed this dismissal in February 2023.
In May 2023, in an unrelated incident, Couy Griffin was arrested for two counts of harassment and three counts of trespassing.