QAnon shaman regrets “been duped” by Donald Trump, his lawyer says.

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The attorney for Jacob Chansley, aka Jake Angeli, aka the QAnon Shaman, is putting the blame for his client’s predicament squarely on Donald Trump.

“He regrets very, very much having not just been duped by the president but by being in a position where he allowed that duping to put him in a position to make decisions he should not have made,” Chandler’s lawyer Albert Watkins told a local NBC- affiliate in Missouri. “As to my client, the guy with the horns and the fur, the meditation and organic food…I’m telling you that we cannot simply wave a magic wand and label all these people on Jan. 6 the same.” 


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“Let’s roll the tape. Let’s roll the months of lies and misrepresentations and horrific innuendo and hyperbolic speech by our president designed to inflame, enrage, motivate,” Watkins said. “What’s really curious is the reality that our president, as a matter of public record, invited these individuals, as president, to walk down to the Capitol with him.”

Before he turned himself in two weeks ago, Chansley, who is the most recognizable person from the riot, told ABC15 that he did not see anything wrong with his actions because he “didn’t break any laws. I walked through open doors.”

He was charged with civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, disorderly conduct in a restricted building, and demonstrating in a Capitol building. 


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Some rioters, Chansley included, were hoping for a pardon from Donald Trump before he leaves office, but none came.

“Mr. Chansley is an American; he served honorably in the U.S. military. He has zero criminal history. He is a lover of nature, routinely practices meditation, is an active practicer of yoga and eats only organic food. He took seriously the countless messages of President Trump. He believed in President Trump. Like tens of millions of other Americans, Chansley felt — for the first time in his life — as though his voice was being heard,” Watkins said while making the case for a presidential pardon.

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