Mmmm, muffin savior.
Jacob Chansley, the Capitol riot suspect who refers to himself as the "QAnon Shaman" and was photographed during the insurrection wearing fur and horns, spoke with 60 Minutes in an interview broadcast Thursday, in which he claimed his "actions were not an attack on this country" as he faces up to 20 years in prison for them.
"I sang a song, and that's a part of shamanism," he said. "...I also stopped people from stealing and vandalizing that sacred space, the Senate, okay. I actually stopped somebody from stealing muffins out of the break room."
The entire nation has been most concerned about the fate of the Senate muffins.
Chansley neglected to mention the fact that, during the deadly insurrection, he allegedly left a threatening note for former Vice President Mike Pence warning, "It's only a matter of time, justice is coming."
We worried less about muffinheads like VP Q-tip.
... Despite this, Chansley, who said he regrets "entering that building," bemoaned the fact that former President Donald Trump never pardoned him or any of the other Capitol rioters, telling 60 Minutes this "wounded me so deeply" and "disappointed me so greatly." Still, Chansley added that even though he didn't get the pardon he wanted, he still doesn't regret his loyalty to Trump.
Probably should have paid closer attention the last few decades.
Different article:
QAnon Shaman Begs for Leniency: I Stopped Muffin Theft During Capitol Riot
Ummm, the muffins and all other food and drink were tossed due to fear of tampering. You saved nothing, duh.
... While preventing muffin theft is all well and good, the accusations against Chansley are very serious. On top of storming into the Capitol building, Chansley is also accused of leaving an ominous note for Vice President Mike Pence at his desk in the Senate chamber that read: “It’s only a matter of time, justice is coming.” That day, he was also carrying a spear attached to a flagpole, which prosecutors considered to be a weapon.
Chansley is facing as many as 20 years in prison, but can’t seem to see what he did wrong.
... His mother, Martha Chansley, also insisted he did nothing wrong, telling Segall that her son simply “walked through open doors.”
“He was escorted into the Senate. So, I don’t know what’s wrong with that,” she said. “I know that he is sorry but again it all comes back to he walked through open doors.”
Prosecutors haven’t said how Chansley got into the building but there’s no evidence that police guided rioters into the Senate chamber.
She justified her son’s decision to protest the election result by repeating the lie that the election was stolen. “I don’t think it’s right that [the election] was won fraudulently. I don’t believe it was won fairly at all,” she said.
If I was 30-something and being defended by my idiot wingnut mother who I live with, which is humiliating enough, I would tell her to ditch the endangered cat trim.
... While Chansley’s strange jailhouse appearance on national television might be viewed as detrimental to his legal battle, his defense attorney believes it was totally logical and justified. “[Chansley] is the most visible face of this riot. So for the first time in my career, it is not a trepidation to have my client speak out—it’s fully abated,” defense attorney Albert Watkins told The Daily Beast on Thursday.
“If anything, it’s necessary to shift the message and dialogue that I have been pushing for since Jacob Chansley has been taking into custody: The riots were more than a lynch mob, but the result of years of manipulation [from Trump].”
“He believed the president. He believed the words and reacted on those words. So when you have millions of Americans who were embracing over four years of propaganda and lies and misrepresentations daily—we have to have compassion for that. We have to have patience,” Watkins added.
Calling out former PINO, which is fine by me, won't help your traitorous client.
The lawyer added that the more people get exposed to his client, they’ll realize the “gentleman that he is” and remember that the thousands who stormed the Capitol “are our brothers and sisters and neighbors.”
Ummm, that's a huge problem, not a comfort.
CBS reporter Segall said Chansley ended his interview by shouting “SEE ME! SEE ME!” and insisting that he’s not a violent man....
Ummm, carrying a spear and threatening VP Q-tip. Opps.
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I look forward to his next interview in 2041.
He is going to miss the inauguration of the 19th President? Awww.
This is the unemployed guy who lives with his mother? What a shame, he had such great prospects too.
This is so exceptionally weird lol like she's defending her darling son as if he got caught doodling on the men's room stall at school like this dude was at the forefront of a violent coup attempt sorry buddy hope the prison kale tastes organic
He's just my quirky little guy, not a real adult who has to suffer consequences for actions that were premeditated
A liking for animal skin couture must run in the family.
I bet if I saw a house with the door kicked in being burglarised and walked in just strutting around posing for photos, that would not hold up in court. Even if I said "leave those muffins alone" while others were bashing the owner in the head with a fire extinguisher.
Wow. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
That's no apple, it's a nut.
Any cell he's transferred to will have at least one giant cockroach in it.
