{"id":7074,"date":"2021-02-01T04:07:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=7074"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:06:03","slug":"trump-supporter-ordered-to-appear-at-court-hearing-for-role-in-u-s-capitol-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/02\/01\/trump-supporter-ordered-to-appear-at-court-hearing-for-role-in-u-s-capitol-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump supporter ordered to appear at court hearing for role in U.S. Capitol violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\"donaldtrumpcouygriffin\"\r\n
Couy Griffin poses with Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on September 12, 2019. Photo: White House\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n
Trump supporter Couy Griffin ordered to appear at court hearing for role in U.S. Capitol violence<\/div>\r\n
Founder of ‘Cowboys for Trump’ complains about baby wipes in jail<\/div>\r\n
Monday, February 1, 2021<\/div>\r\n
By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. — \r\nA prominent Donald Trump supporter charged in connection with the violence at the U.S. Capitol<\/a> has been ordered to make his first court appearance in his closely-watched criminal case.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nCouy Griffin<\/a>, a Republican county official from New Mexico, has been indicted on a charge of unlawful entry for his role at the U.S. Capitol last month. But he has refused to cooperate with authorities despite being given an initial opportunity to do so on January 21.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cThe defendant refused to participate in the hearing and stated on the record that he did not wish to speak with the judge,\u201d U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui noted in an order on Friday<\/a>.\r\n

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<\/p>\r\nNot only that, Griffin didn’t want to speak with his court-appointed, taxpayer-funded attorney. Instead of accepting a phone call that had been arranged for him, he caused a scene at the jail where he’s being held in the nation’s capital, according to the judge.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“The defendant then yelled at the officer who attempted to assist with the call and began banging on his cell door,\u201d Faruqui wrote in the four-page order.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThrough it all, Griffin — who doesn’t wear a mask or a protective face covering<\/a>, even when in close contact with others — also has refused to take a be tested for COVID-19<\/a> since being arrested in Washington, D.C., on January 17. Yet his court-appointed attorney has been trying to get him released from jail despite not knowing whether his health status poses a risk to others.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n\u201cSimply taking a COVID-19 test, something hundreds of millions of people have safely done across the world, will allow the defendant to exit isolation,\u201d Faruqui noted.\r\n

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