A Donald Trump-supporting New politician has had his challenge to a ruling barring him from office rejected due to an amendment designed to prevent Confederates from holding office after the Civil War. Former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, a cowboy pastor who rode to national political fame by embracing then-President was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. . Griffin is the only elected official thus far to be banned from office in connection with the Capitol attack, which disrupted as it was trying to certify ´s 2020 electoral victory over Trump.
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