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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Morgan Lee and Megan Sheets

Cowboys for Trump founder abandons plan to ride horse to Capitol riot trial to avoid ‘spectacle’

AP

The founder of Cowboys for Trump abandoned his plan to ride a horse to court for his trial on charges that he illegally entered the US Capitol grounds on the day a pro-Trump mob disrupted the certification of Joe Biden's presidential election victory.

Instead, Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin arrived at US District Court in Washington DC on Monday on foot, dressed in a stetson and suit, after driving into the capital with a horse-trailer on the back of his truck.

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