A New Mexico county commissioner who heads Cowboys for Trump was arrested Sunday in Washington, D.C., by Capitol Police after vowing to bring back his guns for Inauguration Day. Per FBI: Couy Griffin, founder of Cowboys for Trump, from New Mexico was arrested this afternoon in DC. Threatening messages concerning the inauguration have also been posted on his Cowboys for Trump Facebook page. Screen Shot/Facebook/Cowboys for Trump Facebook post from Couy Griffin's Cowboys for Trump. He told FBI agents that he got “caught up” in the attack on the Capitol, but that he did not enter the building.

Source: Huffington Post January 18, 2021 11:26 UTC