- Jacob Chansley wore a conspicuous horned buffalo headdress while participating in the attack on the U.S. Capitol and could be held for 51 months.
- Chansley was topless among the mob, wearing a horned headdress and a painted face, so he was called the “QAnon Shaman”.
- Although Chansley faces up to 20 years in prison, US prosecutors demanded a 51-month sentence, while his lawyers demanded a sentence “below the sentence”.
WASHINGTON – Court documents show that US prosecutors demanded 51 months’ imprisonment for the self-proclaimed “shaman” who participated in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, wearing a horned buffalo headdress.
Jacob Chansley’s painted face, bare chest, and horned headdress made him an idol who attacked the Capitol to prevent the election results from being verified. He was arrested a few days after attacking a seat in the US government.
Faced with up to 20 years in prison, Chansley, known as the “QAnon Shaman” after a popular conspiracy theory website on the far right, pleaded guilty to trespass and violence in Washington federal court in early September.
His lawyer called for his client’s “sincere remorse”, his psychological problems, and the 317 days he has been imprisoned, and called for “court sympathy” to impose a penalty “substantially below the limits set by the federal guidelines”.
Chansley from Phoenix, Arizona, carrying an American flag fixed to a six-foot spear and many tattoos on his bare torso, he joined thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump in the fight against Congress. The invasion to prevent elected officials from verifying that Democrat Joe Biden won the presidential election.
‘False information, hate speech’
Another assailant, Scott Fairlam, of New Jersey, was sentenced to 41 months in prison on Wednesday for participating in the assault and assault on a police officer. This is the harshest so far for the approximately 660 people prosecuted for the assault. penalty. Fairlamb pleaded guilty in August.
But to explain the allegations against Chansley, the prosecutors stated in a document released late Tuesday that he had “spread false information and hate speech on social media, leading to thousands of people before the incident on January 6. The mob stepped down “at the US Capitol”.
The prosecutor said:
As one of the most famous figures in the historic riots in the Capitol on January 6, 2021, the government cannot exaggerate the severity of the defendants’ actions.
According to data from the George Washington University Extremism Research Center, a total of 658 people have been charged with varying degrees of involvement in fatal attacks.
During or shortly after the attack, five people died, including a policeman and a female protester, who were killed by a policeman in the building. In addition, in the following days and weeks, two police officers committed suicide, but no direct contact was established.
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