Hat with horns on his head, shirtless, the American flag painted on his face and another flag in his hand, he was one of the first thirty rioters who broke into the Capitol in Washington, on January 6, 2021, refusing to recognize the defeat of Donald Trump in the presidential election.
Jacob Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli and whose outfit during the assault earned him the nickname “QAnon shaman”, was one of the first to enter the Senate, where Donald's vice-president Trump's Mike Pence was expected to acknowledge Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election. According to the US Department of Justice, Jacob Chansley sat in the vice president's seat an hour earlier and said that “Mike Pence is a fucking traitor.” Paper falling into his hand, he also wrote: “It's only a matter of time. Justice is coming. »
Arrested three days later
Arrested on January 9, Jacob Chansley was sentenced to 41 months in prison, $2,000 in damages and three years of supervised release for “obstructing an official procedure.” He was released early in March 2023 and is currently on probation.
The “QAnon shaman”, nicknamed in allusion to this conspiracy nebula which flourished during the presidency of Donald Trump, continues to profess conspiracy theories, reports Radio France. The man now makes a living from his notoriety, selling derivative products and a book on the “deep state”, a conspiracy theory.
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