Joe.My.God. LGBT News
CBS News reports:
Speaking for the first time from jail, the man known as the “QAnon Shaman” told 60 Minutes+ correspondent Laurie Segall he doesn’t think his actions during the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol were an attack on the nation.
“No, they were not, ma’am. My actions were not an attack on this country. That is incorrect. That is inaccurate, entirely,” Jacob Chansley said in an excerpt from the interview that aired on “CBS This Morning.”
“And that is– and that is the one very serious regret that I have, was believing that when we were waved in by police officers, that it was acceptable,” Chansley said.
The Associated Press reports:
While prosecutors say the spear attached to a flagpole carried by Chansley into the Capitol was a weapon, his attorney has characterized the spear as an ornament.
The defense lawyer also argued the message that Chansley penned to Pence wasn’t intended to be threatening and said his client is suffering from digestive tract difficulties, even though he has been given him organic food, as he had requested.
Authorities say Chansley was among the first people to force their way into the Capitol building, disobeyed orders to leave, refused an officer’s request to use Chansley’s bullhorn to tell rioters to leave the Senate chamber, called Pence a traitor and wrote a note to the then-vice president saying, “It’s only a matter of time, justice is coming.”
Fox News reports:
“I sang a song and that’s a part of Shamanism. It’s about creating positive vibrations in a sacred chamber,” Chansley said. “I also stopped people from stealing and vandalizing that sacred space, the Senate. I actually stopped someone from stealing muffins out of the break room. I also said a prayer in that sacred chamber because it was my intention to bring divinity, to bring God back into the Senate.”
“I honestly believed and still believe that he cares about the Constitution,” Chansley continued, referring to Trump. “That he cares about the American people. And that’s also why it wounded me so deeply and disappointed me so greatly that I and others did not get a pardon.” “I regret entering that building. I regret entering that building with every fiber of my being,” he added. “But you don’t regret the loyalty to Donald Trump?” Segall asked. Chansley responded flatly, “No.”
The Q Shaman says he didn’t break the law in the riot because he “stopped people from stealing muffins from the break room.” Thank you, Q Shaman. https://t.co/CmKfHyI7bo
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) March 4, 2021