The federal appeals court in Washington, DC, on Tuesday upheld the conviction of the Cowboys for Trump founder who entered the restricted area of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, saying rioters didn’t have to know the Secret Service was protecting then-Vice President Mike Pence inside when they breached the area.

The Washington, D.C. federal court of appeals upheld the conviction of the Cowboys for Trump group founder on Tuesday in a precedent-setting decision, CNN reported. Couy Griffin, was convicted for entering a restricted part of the United States Capitol on Jan.

A misdemeanor trespassing conviction involving a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the Capitol was upheld by a