- QAnon Shaman, whose real name is Jacob Chansley, said he would speak at Trump’s impeachment trial next month.
- Chansley’s lawyer said his client used to love the former president, but is now disappointed that he did not receive the presidential pardon.
- Chansley is due to be prosecuted on charges related to the Capitol insurrection on Friday. Trump’s impeachment trial is scheduled to begin on February 8.
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QAnon Shaman, the one with the skin, face paint, horns and bare chest, offered to speak at the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump next month.
The Shaman, whose real name is Jacob Chansley, told the Associated Press, through his lawyer Albert S. Whatley, that he would be open to appear at the trial and testify against the president.
Chansley, Whatley said, was “terribly in love” with Trump, but now he feels “as if he had been betrayed by the president” after the president did not forgive him and other Capitol troublemakers.
Chansley is among several Capitol protesters who asked Trump for presidential pardon but did not receive him in the last days of the government. Chansley argued that he had come to Capitol “at the president’s request that all ‘patriots’ come to DC on January 6”.
Jenna Ryan, a Texas real estate agent who flew into the siege in a private jet, told Dallas CBS DFW TV station: “I feel like I was basically following my president. He was following what we were asked to do. He asked us to fly there. He asked us to be there. “
Trump’s impeachment trial is scheduled to begin on February 8.
Michael Sherwin, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, told the BBC that the FBI identified about 400 suspects and arrested 135, several of whom suggested they believed they were following Trump’s orders when participating in the siege.
Chansley is facing charges, including disorderly conduct, violent entry and illegally being in restricted spaces within the Capitol and is scheduled to be prosecuted on Friday.
Insider contacted Chansley’s lawyer, Albert S. Whatley, for comment.