He Was FORCED Out of Office…All For Supporting Trump

Founder of the group “Cowboys for Trump”  and New Mexico county commissioner is being removed from office after a lawsuit over his participation in the Capitol protest on January 6, 2021.

A judge ruled on September 6 that Couy Griffin must be removed from office “effective immediately.”

Griffin was convicted of breaching and occupying restricted Capitol grounds, a misdemeanor, in March.

In June the county commissioner was sentenced to 14 days in jail, a $3,000 fine, 60 hours of community service, and a year of supervised release.

The lawsuit cited Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Section 3 is known as the Disqualification Clause, which prohibits a person who took an “oath…to support the Constitution of the United States” and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding office.

The clause reads in full: “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

The Section 3 clause has not been used to remove anyone from office since 1869.

The Judge’s ruling marks the first time a court has found that the protest on January 6 was an “insurrection.”

The group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and several other New Mexico-based law firms, have filed the lawsuit on behalf of an irate group of New Mexico residents.

In a press release, CREW claims that under New Mexico law, any private citizen may file a lawsuit to try and remove a county official from office.

“This is a historic win for accountability for the January 6th insurrection and the efforts to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power in the United States. Protecting American democracy means ensuring those who violate their oaths to the Constitution are held responsible,” said CREW President Noah Bookbinder. “This decision makes clear that any current or former public officials who took an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution and then participated in the January 6th insurrection can and will be removed and barred from government service for their actions.”

Griffin will now be barred from holding public office in the future.

“January 6, 2021, was a dark day in our history. The court’s ruling today is a historic moment for our country. Mr. Griffin’s removal and bar from holding office again is a step towards obtaining justice and restoring the rule of law,” said Dodd Law Office, LLC President Christopher Dodd.

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