The capital riots of January 6, 2021, saw the appearance of Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley, known as the QAnon Shaman.
Jacob Chansley, who was one of the most notorious figures of the Capitol riot, is going to be sentenced on Wednesday.
Chansley, who has been held without bail since his arrest in January, pleaded guilty in September to a single criminal count of obstructing a proceeding of Congress.
Federal sentencing guidelines suggest a range of 41 months to 51 months for a prison term for Chansley.
A prosecutor said that such a sentence would send a warning to those who would try to interfere with the peaceful transfer of the presidential office.
The lawyer for Chansley asked for a sentence below the guidelines because of the mental illness he has suffered for years.
Before he was sentenced, Chansley made a list of lessons from Mahatma Gandhi, Jesus Christ and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
I was wrong to enter the Capitol. I don't have an excuse. Chansley said there was no excuse. I am truly, truly sorry for my actions.
He admitted his crime, but he said he was not a violent man.
If I believe in freedom, if I believe in law and order, and if I believe in responsibility, then I should take responsibility for breaking the law.
Scott Fairlamb, a former New Jersey gym owner, was sentenced to 41 months in prison last week for attacking a police officer.
The first Capitol riot defendants to be indicted were Chansley, a 34 year old Phoenix, Arizona, resident. More than 600 people have been criminally charged in connection with the insurrection.
A prosecutor played a video of Chansley howling in Congress during his sentencing hearing.
You motherf---, time is up. Chansley yelled.
The prosecutor said it was chilling.
The man with the fur hat, face paint, and horns was shirtless, wielding a spear, when he walked into the Capitol complex with thousands of other people. The mob disrupted a joint session of Congress as lawmakers confirmed President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.
Donald Trump called on his supporters to march to the Capitol to support the effort to deny Biden the nomination.
The day of the riot, photos and videos of Chansley in his strange garb went viral and remained widely published in the weeks afterwards.
Didn't he make himself the image of the riot? Albert Watkins was asked by the judge if Chansley was alright.
Watkins agreed that Chansley had done it.
Chansley was one of the people who entered the Senate chamber.
Chansley sat on the dais. They said he refused to leave and instead called other rioters up to the dais and led them in an incantation over his bullhorn.
Chansley left a note on the dais. Justice is Coming, and called the man a traitor.
Chansley was an adherent of a conspiracy theory.
Watkins argued that his client was not involved in the planning of the riot.
According to a July report, Chansley, who is also known as Jacob Angeli, was in plea negotiations with prosecutors after prison psychologists diagnosed him as suffering from mental illnesses.
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