Prosecutors seek 4+ years in prison for 'QAnon Shaman' in attempt to set example
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The Justice Department is asking for the so-called QAnon Shaman, who wore a headdress and posed shirtless on the Senate floor during the siege of the US Capitol, to be sentenced to a prison term of more than four years, the longest incarceration pr…
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The Justice Department is asking for the so-called QAnon Shaman, who wore a headdress and posed shirtless on the Senate floor during the siege of the US Capitol, to be sentenced to a prison term of more than four years, the longest incarceration pr…
Prosecutors want Jacob Chansley, who calls himself the “QAnon Shaman,” to spend 51 months in prison — marking what could be the stiffest penalty yet for convicted capitol rioters.
Federal prosecutors are recommending a 51-month prison sentence for Jacob Chansley, the Capitol rioter known as the “QAnon Shaman” for his outlandish outfits.
Jacob Chansley, the Jan. 6 rioter who became known as the ‘QAnon Shaman’ after he stormed the U.S. Capitol shirtless, wearing horns on his head and bearing a pole with a spear tip, should serve more than four years in prison, according to a sentencing memorandum.
