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A New Mexico judge Tuesday removed Couy Griffin, a participant in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and the founder of Cowboys for Trump, from his position as Otero County Commissioner. Judge Francis Mathew held that Griffin violated the Insurrection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by participating in the riot and is disqualified from holding [...]