The historic ruling represents the first time an elected official has been removed from office for their participation or support of the US Capitol riot. Griffin, one of three commissioners in Otero County, is also barred from holding any state or federal elected position in the future, state Judge Francis Mathew ruled Tuesday. Griffin, an ardent conspiracy theorist who refused to certify the state’s primary election results this summer in Otero County, told CNN he has been ordered to clean out his office and attacked the judge as being “tyrannical.”“I’m shocked. “I really did not feel like the state was going to move on me in such a way. In June, a DC federal judge sentenced Griffin to 14 days behind bars with time served and one year of supervised release after he was found guilty of trespassing on Capitol grounds during the riot.

Source: CNN September 06, 2022 19:53 UTC