Jacob Chansley, the ‘QAnon Shaman’ who wore a horned headdress while storming the Capitol is now asking Donald Trump for a pardon.
His attorney Albert Watkins is making the rounds in the media stating that his client surrendered peacefully to authorities and was not involved in any violence at the Capitol.
Chansley “accepted President Trump’s invitation to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol,” Watkins said in a statement according to local CBS station KMOV4. “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.”
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“My client had heard the oft-repeated words of President Trump. The words and invitation of a president are supposed to mean something. Given the peaceful and compliant fashion in which Mr. Chansley comported himself, it would be appropriate and honorable for the president to pardon Mr. Chansley and other like-minded, peaceful individuals who accepted the president’s invitation with honorable intentions,” Watkins added.
Before he turned himself in on Saturday, he told ABC15 that he did not see anything wrong with his actions because he “didn’t break any laws. I walked through open doors.”
Chansley was charged with civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, disorderly conduct in a restricted building, and demonstrating in a Capitol building.
He is refusing to eat while in jail because there are no organic food options available.
