A man photographed wearing face paint and a horned headdress during the January 6 uprising at the US Capitol said he would be willing to testify in the former President Trump
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Jacob Chansley, who is known as the “QAnon Shaman”, would be willing to testify that he was incited to invade the Capitol by the then president, according to lawyer Albert Watkins. “QAnon Shaman” is a name that refers to the extreme right conspiracy theory known as QAnon.
Watkins said his client has not yet made contact with any member of the Senate.
In a statement to The Hill, Watkins confirmed that his client would be willing to testify during the Senate impeachment trial.
Trump was accused by the House for the second time in early January for his role in the violent Capitol riot on January 6. Trump made comments before the attack, encouraging a group of his supporters on the National Mall to march to the Capitol and demand that Congress interrupt its certification of President Biden’s electoral victory.
Trump is the only president who has been impeached twice in the history of the United States. His impeachment trial in the Senate is scheduled to begin in February.
During the rebellion, hundreds of protesters, including Chansley, were photographed inside the Capitol building. Chansley was arrested on 9 January and later charged with civil disorder, obstruction of official procedures and disorderly conduct in a restricted building. He is due to be sued on Friday and has not yet filed a lawsuit.
Court records indicate that Chansley told investigators that he attended the riot specifically “at the president’s request that all ‘patriots’ come to DC on January 6,” according to the AP.
Watkins told the AP that after Trump failed to forgive him or other participants in the insurrection, his client “felt like he had been betrayed by the president.”
The lawyer said last week that his client felt he had been “tricked” by Trump.
“He very much regrets not only being deceived by the president, but for being in a position where he allowed this fraud to put him in a position to make decisions that he shouldn’t have made,” said Watkins, according to NBC- KSDK affiliated television.