The infamous January 6 rioter known as the “QAnon Shaman” has been pardoned by President Trump and plans to celebrate by purchasing a gun.
Jacob Chansley, who has mental health issues and has emerged as the poster boy for the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol shirtless and wearing a horned coyote fur headdress, said President Trump was trying to get him and others to fight. We heard the good news from our lawyers on Monday night after pardoning approximately 1,500 Jeannes. . Six defendants on their first day in office.
“I forgive you baby!” Chansley, 37, Posted on X on Monday night. “Thank you President Trump!!!”
“I'm going to buy a MOTHA FU*KIN gun now!!!” one Arizona man wrote.
Convicted felons like Chansley are prohibited by the federal government from owning firearms, but President Trump's pardon puts Chansley back in legal status to buy and use guns. It turns out.
Chansley, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty in September 2021 to one count of obstructing an official proceeding in Congress and received one of the longest sentences of any member of the Capitol riot, serving 3 1/2 years in prison. Ta.
The costumed crusader ultimately served just over two years in prison and was released in 2023, 14 months early.
Chansley was diagnosed by federal prison officials with transient schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety, and spent 11 months in solitary confinement, according to his former lawyer.
Chansley's ludicrous actions during the Capitol riot made him one of the recognizable defendants, plastering his face painted in red, white, and blue on news outlets around the world.
He was among the first rioters to breach the Capitol with Trump supporters seeking to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden as the next president.
Prosecutors said Chansley, who believes he is a descendant of Buddha and Jesus, stood on Vice President Mike Pence's Senate desk during the trial and left a note warning that “justice is coming.” It is said that
After that, he said he would no longer support President Trump, but with this latest pardon, he appears to have regained his support.
In August, a judge ordered federal authorities to return the spear and horned helmet that helped raise Chansley's profile.
