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Couy Griffin doesn鈥檛 want a presidential pardon and will turn it down if offered, he said Monday. Instead, he wants the courts to exonerate him for his actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

A former Otero County commissioner and founder of Cowboys for Trump, Griffin became one of the most visible faces of the Jan. 6 attack when he stood on a terrace outside the Capitol Building and recorded videos of the raucous protest.

Throughout his campaign, President Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to pardon many of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol four years ago. Griffin is one of at least five New Mexicans who potentially could receive a pardon if Trump does so.

The Associated Press reported late Monday that Trump issued hundreds of pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol among his first acts after being sworn in as president.

Griffin said Monday that he鈥檚 not interested.

鈥淚 want my justification to come from the courts, not a pardon,鈥� Griffin said in a phone interview. 鈥淧ardons are given to guilty people and I鈥檓 not guilty in what I鈥檝e been convicted of.鈥�

Griffin was convicted in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in March 2022 of entering a restricted area outside the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced Griffin to 14 days imprisonment, but credited him for 20 days he served in jail after his arrest. McFadden also acquitted Griffin of a disorderly conduct charge.

One of Griffin鈥檚 attorneys in that case called it a 鈥渇oolish decision鈥� to turn down a presidential pardon if offered.

David Smith, a Virginia attorney who represented Griffin in the Capitol breach case, said Griffin is likely to receive a pardon because he did not engage in violence or even enter the Capitol Building that day.

鈥淭o the extent he wants to listen to me, even though I鈥檓 not technically his lawyer anymore, I would strongly advise him to accept any pardon he receives,鈥� Smith said Monday in a phone interview.

鈥淚t just seems very, very foolish to try to reject a pardon if one comes through, because that would certainly relieve him of a lot of the negative consequences of being convicted,鈥� Smith said.

Griffin became a national figure during the Jan. 6 attack when he recorded videos from the Capitol terrace with hundreds of noisy flag-waving protestors standing behind him.

Griffin 鈥済ot up on the wall to face the crowd, and was able to borrow a bullhorn to lead the group in prayer,鈥� according to a statement written by a Washington, D.C., Metropolitan police detective.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a great day for America,鈥� Griffin said in the video, wearing a black Stetson and western-style shirt. 鈥淭he people are showing they鈥檝e had enough.鈥�

Griffin said Monday that he didn鈥檛 realize he was violating federal laws by standing on the Capitol terrace that day.

鈥淚f I would have known it was restricted, I wouldn鈥檛 have gone in there,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 respect the law. I鈥檓 not a, not a lawbreaker.鈥�

Griffin said he has appealed his District Court conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a reversal.

鈥淧ardons are political, Supreme Court decisions aren鈥檛,鈥� he said.

Griffin鈥檚 federal conviction ended his career as an Otero County commissioner by a judge鈥檚 order in 2022.

First Judicial District Judge Francis Mathew ordered Griffin鈥檚 immediate removal from office for violating a clause in the U.S. Constitution that bars people who participate in insurrections from holding public office.

The clause in the 14th Amendment was intended to bar former Confederates from regaining office after the Civil War. Griffin鈥檚 removal from office marked the first time since 1869 the clause had been invoked.

Unknown is whether Griffin would be eligible to hold office again if he received a pardon for his federal crime.

Griffin said Monday he has no interest in serving again on the Otero County Commission.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a new commissioner in there now,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he only way that I would get that seat back is if I were to run for it again and I don鈥檛 see myself doing that.鈥�