Q'ANON SHAMAN Jacob Chansley: Made In Arizona / Invited by Trump

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'QAnon Shaman' Makes Bonkers New Claim About What He Was Really Doing On Jan. 6

Jacob Chansley is serving a 41-month prison sentence for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot.

 

By Ed Mazza Overnight Editor, HuffPost

01/06/2022 04:32am EST | Updated January 6, 2022

"Jacob Chansley, the convicted Jan. 6 rioter also known as the “QAnon Shaman,” now claims he was just trying to help during the insurrection.

“I actually tried to, on more than one occasion, calm the crowd,” he told “Inside Edition.” “But it just didn’t work.”

Chansley also said that he regrets not doing more to keep the peace as supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block the certification of the 2020 election results. However, multiple videos and images showed him howling and chanting his way through the Capitol and inside the Senate Chamber.

Prosecutors said he yelled, “Times up, motherfuckers,” and left a note on then-Vice President Mike Pence’s desk that said, “It’s only a matter of time. Justice is coming.” ...

Chansley was known for his frequent appearances at demonstrations and rallies wearing face-paint and a furry headdress with horns. Yet in his interview with “Inside Edition,” he blamed the media for turning him into the public face of the riot.

His mother said he shouldn’t be in prison because Trump invited the protesters to the Capitol.

 

Read the full interview here.

Chansley pleaded guilty to one felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding last year and was sentenced to 41 months in prison.

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From The Daily Mail: One of the best known US Capitol rioters has claimed he was actually trying to quell the crowd during last year's disturbance, and has blamed the media for making him the 'face' of the violence

QAnon Shaman gives jailhouse interview to insist he tried to 'calm' the crowd at Jan. 6 riot despite storming the Capitol bare-chested and carrying a six-foot spear

• Jacob Chansley, 37, was sentenced in November to 41 months in prison for his role in the Capitol riot
• Known as the 'QAnon Shaman', Chansley, in his Viking helmet and face paint, bare-chested and with a spear, was among the most famous of the rioters 
• Yet Chansley has told Inside Edition that it is the fault of the media that he has become so well known in the aftermath of the insurrection
• Chansley said he regretted not encouraging other Trump supporters to be peaceful, but he did not say he regretted participating 
• His mother said that she blamed Trump for her son's predicament, saying that Trump 'invited' him in to the Capitol 

By Harriet Alexander For Dailymail.com

Published: 00:41 EST, 6 January 2022 | Updated: 12:05 EST, 6 January 2022

". . .He said he was in a better state of mind now than when he was initially arrested, because he was no longer in solitary confinement. 

Chansley's mother Martha Chansley, who the rioter is famously close to, said she was standing by her son.

'He was invited to go to the Capitol by President Trump,' she said. 

'I feel really passionately about how wrong it is that he is even doing any time at all.'   

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Chansley was among the first 30 rioters in the building, according to prosecutors, and was bare chested with red, white and blue face paint; wearing a Viking hat; and carrying a six-foot spear.

Chansley sat in the chair in the Senate recently vacated by the then-vice president, Mike Pence, and refused to move - even scrawling a note for Pence which read: 'It's Only A Matter of Time. Justice Is Coming!' 

He was arrested on January 9 and has been in custody ever since.  

Chansley, who gave himself the 'QAnon Shaman,' title, considers eating organic food to be part of his 'shamanic belief system and way of life,' his lawyer said in February, requesting that he be provided with organic vegan food. A judge agreed and he was transferred to a different facility with different food...

Chansley's lawyer Al Watkins said the sentencing gap sends the wrong message. 

'That perspective does not look right for those who believe that they are political prisoners,' he told AFP.The longer sentences are just beginning to be handed down, against those accused of the most serious crimes: the approximately 225 individuals accused of acts of violence, notably against Capitol police.