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Griffin seeks dismissal of information in federal criminal case Couy Griffin filed a motion to dismiss the information in the federal criminal case against him for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Griffin, through his counsel, filed a motion on May 12 to dismiss the information "because it fails to state valid offenses and violates several constitutional protections," the motion states. Griffin, who serves as District 2 Otero County Commissioner, was arrested on Jan. 18 on charges of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful...

WASHINGTON - U.S. prosecutors alleged for the first time that a Washington state leader of the Proud Boys was nominated by members of the group to take charge of the U.S.

Print article WASHINGTON - U.S. prosecutors alleged for the first time that a Washington state leader of the Proud Boys was nominated by members of the group to take charge of the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6 and carried out a plan to split into groups to break into the building from as many points as possible. In a 24-page filing Monday, U.S. prosecutors asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to keep Ethan Nordean, 30, of Seattle, in jail pending trial, appealing a lower court’s Feb. 8 release order. Nordean was “nominated from within to have ‘war powers’ " to lead activities...