In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected an appeal by defendant Couy Griffin to toss out his conviction on a misdemeanor charge that bars unauthorized people from entering restricted areas protected by the U.S. Secret Service.

A divided federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., upheld a trespassing charge and conviction Tuesday against Jan. 6 defendant Couy Griffin. The charge has been used against more than 1,400 rioters at the U.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin, who challenged his 2022 conviction for trespassing inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. Why it matters: The long-awaited decision reaffirms the approach taken by the Department of Justice in prosecuting hundreds of Jan.