A shirtless hooligan wearing a horned bearskin headdress that invaded the Capitol during a mob attack last week, served in the Navy but was expelled after refusing to get the vaccine, according to media reports.
Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley, 33, a believer in the groundless conspiracy theory QAnon, was arrested on Saturday and charged in federal court for his alleged role in the January 6 attack. Photos of Chansley went viral, showing him wearing horns and his face covered with a starry star design.
A Navy official told Task & Purpose, an online publication for the military community, that Chansley was expelled from service for refusing to get the anthrax vaccine.
Supporters of President Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol police outside the Senate House, inside the Capitol in Washington. An Arizona man seen in photos and videos of the crowd wearing a fur horned hat was also charged on Wednesday with chaos on Wednesday. Jacob Anthony Chansley, who also goes by the name of Jake Angeli, was taken into custody on Saturday, January 9 (AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta, Archive)
He served in the Navy as a supply sailor’s apprentice from September 2005 to October 2007, according to Navy records provided to Fox News. He was assigned to the USS Kitty Hawk before being transferred to a Transitional Personnel Unit in Puget Sound, Washington.
The Navy refused to reveal the type of dismissal Chansley received, citing privacy concerns.
He is not the only veteran military to make headlines in connection with the Capitol riot perpetrated by pro-Trump protesters irritated by unfounded allegations of electoral fraud. The Army is investigating a special operations officer who led a group in a pro-Trump demonstration that preceded the attack.
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Larry Rendell Brock, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, was spotted wearing military clothing in the Senate chamber. He is also accused of his alleged actions.