A federal judge in Arizona ruled Monday that the self-proclaimed “QAnon Shaman” – who gained widespread recognition on Jan. 6 after storming the U.S. Capitol without shirts, face paint, a bearskin and horn cap – should remain in custody until his trial.
Nicholas Rodean, 26, of Frederick, Md., Was photographed in the U.S. Capitol on January 6 with his work badge for the home marketing firm.
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Judge Royce Lamberth said Jacob Chansley did not fully appreciate the seriousness of the charges against him and that none of Chansley’s “many attempts to manipulate the evidence and minimize the seriousness of his actions” were convincing.
Jacob Chansley, the self-described ‘QAnon Shaman’.
(Sheriff of Alexandria)
He said Chansley was willing to use force and refused to follow the police order during the siege, that he would not follow the conditions for release in court.
Lamberth’s ruling comes after an interview Chansley gave ’60 Minutes Plus’ which aired last Thursday on ‘CBS This Morning’ – a day before a DC judge heard arguments over Chansley’s possible pre-trial release .
The judge wrote that Chansley carried a spear in the siege, used a bullhorn to encourage other rioters. He mentioned then-Vice President Mike Pence as a traitor in the Senate and wrote a note to the Pence: ‘It’s only a matter of time before justice comes. ‘
Albert Ciarpelli (U.S. District Court of Columbia District)
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Chansley, who disputed that the letter was intended as threatening, also delivered a message on social media in November in which he promoted hang-ups for traitors.
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“By reading the note in the context of the accused’s earlier promotion of the execution of ‘traitors’, the idea that the accused is transgressing the Capitol, only to make a peaceful, political comment on the Senate scene, is declared invalid, ‘Lamberth wrote, adding that Chansey’s actions were a “detachment from reality. ”
The judge sided with prosecutors who argued that the 6-inch spear on top of the flagpole that Chansley carried in the Capitol was a dangerous weapon. His lawyer characterized the spear as an ornament.
Chansley’s attorney also said his client was in the third wave of riots that entered the Capitol. According to the judge, Chansley, who entered through the Capitol through a doorway while rioters smashed nearby windows, ‘shows the literal peak of the rush to the building.
He has been jailed in the days since his arrest after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol when Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over then-President Donald Trump.
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Chansley’s attorney, Al Watkins, said his client did not act violently within the Capitol and disputed that Chansley was any leader in the riot.
Associated Press contributed to this report.