Anthony Chansley’s lawyer, the so-called QAnon Shaman who circulated on social media for his bizarre outfit during the Capitol rebellion, is blaming the former President Trump
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“He regrets very, very much for not just 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,” Al Watkins, Chansley’s lawyer, told the Missouri KSDK television station.
Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, was arrested on January 9 for his role in the riot. At the time, Chansley told NBC News that he saw nothing wrong with his actions.
The lawyer is blaming Trump’s months of electoral fraud conspiracy theories for his client’s riot and actions.
“We are going to pass the tape. We are going to spend the months of lies and horrible misrepresentations and hints and hyperbolic speech from our president, with the aim of inflaming, infuriating, motivating,” Watkins told KSDK. “What is really curious is the reality that our president, as a matter of public record, invited these individuals, as president, to walk to the Capitol with him.
Chansley went viral after the rebellion for wearing horns and skins and carrying an American flag. He reportedly left a threatening note for the former vice president Mike Pence
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Trump released conspiracy theories that the results of the 2020 presidential election were fraudulent and that he was the winner. He also invited supporters to Washington, DC, on January 6 to support him in a protest.
Trump told supporters to walk towards the Capitol, where Congress was certifying the votes of the Electoral College, but he never said to invade or put people in danger. However, he called the protesters “special people” in a video that day.
Chansley was involved in many protests in Arizona, where he was photographed carrying a “Q sent me” sign, referring to the far-right Qanon conspiracy theory that states that Trump is fighting a clandestine circle of satanic pedophiles in the federal government.
Some protesters waited for a presidential pardon before Trump stepped down, but none of them did. There have been more than 100 arrests, with more to come as the FBI continues to investigate the matter.