The prosecutor of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia demanded that Jacob Chansley be sentenced to 51 months in prison. Jacob Chansley was called the “QAnon Shaman”, January 6 On Sunday, wearing a fur Viking hat, he infamously stormed into the Capitol and the horn, according to court documents filed on Tuesday.
“The defendant Chansley’s now famous criminal behavior made him a public spokesperson for the riots in the Capitol,” the prosecutor said in the indictment. 28 page sentencing memo.
Chansley’s The verdict is scheduled for November 17. The prosecutor also suggested that he should receive a three-year supervised release and a $2,000 resettlement. He pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge of obstructing official procedures in September.
The prosecutor wrote: “The defendant was one of the first 30 thugs to break into the U.S. Capitol.” “Then, the defendant sneaked into the sacred hall of the building, angered other thugs with his acrimonious insults to our country’s legislators, and scorned’opportunity.’ Let our government get rid of people he has long considered traitors.”
The prosecutor’s verdict indicated that he used social media to spread “false information and hate speech” to motivate other mobs, and “he continued to take pictures of himself from the podium and refused to spare his seat when required by law to enforce the law.”
It also stated that Chansley “holds a six-foot spear” and that he “passed by dozens of law enforcement officers unscrupulously, and the rioters threw various fragments at their opponents, through broken windows and through doors. trigger the alarm.”
The prosecutor’s proposal was much more severe than the eight-month sentence received by Paul Hodgkins, who also entered the Senate on the day of the riot. Together with another mob, Scott Fairlamb, the sentence was scheduled on Wednesday and recommended 44 months in prison.
Chansley’s lawyer Albert Watkins said the sentencing recommendations were unfair.He said NBC News On Wednesday, “the prosecutor’s proposal supports the claim that the government is still deliberately delusioning the role played by a young, gentle man in the January 6th incident, with a zero criminal history and long-term mental health problems. This It’s shameful.”
Chansley is Arrested He was in Phoenix on January 9 and was detained for 10 months before trial.
