The New Mexico county commissioner said he went to the Capitol to pray with protesters.
“I don’t think justice was served,” Griffin said of his case in a radio interview earlier this month. According to a court document, he wrote on Twitter that District Judge Trevor McFadden’s “PRE written response” announcing the verdict “was pathetic! I wonder who wrote it?”
The trial forced prosecutors to disclose the location of vice president Mike Pence during the riot, over Secret Service objections, to prove that Griffin had entered a restricted area, though he did not enter the Capitol itself. McFadden acquitted Griffin of disorderly conduct butAccording to a court document, Griffin tweeted after the trial that the “media has tried to make me look like the biggest loser the last couple days. Truth is I was 1 for 1 with the US Government.
His advisory sentencing guideline range for the misdemeanor conviction was zero to six months. Both the prosecutors and the probation and parole department recommended he serve 90 days. His lawyer, David Smith, requested two months probation.his sentencing, Griffin told the judge, “I have huge respect for law enforcement” and “I am a respecter of the system.” He said he had been a pastor before
“I suspect you were prosecuted because you went to great lengths to publicize your actions. Frankly, I think that’s completely legitimate,” the judge said. He told Griffin,
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