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'Cowboys for Trump' co-founder who stormed Capitol is in isolation for refusing COVID-19 test in detention

Azmi Haroun
Fri, January 29, 2021, 11:24 PM

* Cowboys for Trump' founder and Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin demands release from federal custody.

* He was arrested related to storming the Capitol and that day posted videos threatening lawmakers.

* In one video, Griffin claimed rioters would return on January 20, and "blood will run out of the building."

"Cowboys for Trump" founder and Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin is asking to be released from isolation in federal custody. He was placed in isolation after refusing both a COVID-19 test and to show up to his first hearing, according to court documents.

Last week, Griffin was arrested by US Capitol Police in Washington, DC, and charged with "knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority" and "intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business."

According to documents, Griffin's lawyer filed a motion for his client's release, saying that he was struggling in isolation. In response, the judge said that "simply taking a COVID-19 test, something hundreds of millions of people have safely done across the world, will allow the defendant to exit isolation."

The judge also added that Griffin must show up to a hearing on February 1 or remain in detention and that he could be held in contempt.

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