A man disguised as a bison, with a horned hat and shirtless, stormed into Washington’s Capitol Hill and temporarily presided over the U.S. Senate on January 6, has asked outgoing president Donald Trump for a pardon.
This was announced by Albert Watkins, the lawyer for Jacob Albert Chansley, aka Jake Angeli, a member of the conspiracy theory movement QAnon who calls himself ‘Yellowstone Wolf’ on his YouTube channel, local media said Thursday. .
“Given the peaceful and obedient way Mr. Chansley behaved, it would be appropriate and honorable for the President to forgive Mr. Chansley and other peaceful like-minded individuals,” said the Ombudsman whose presence on Capitol Hill went viral on social networks and. caught the attention of thousands of people.
According to the Justice Department, Chansley has been charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a confined building or land without legal authority, and of violent entry and disorderly conduct on the Capitol.
Five people were killed in the attack on that compound, including a police officer from the Legislative building.
Chansley turned himself in to authorities and has been in custody since Saturday.
His lawyer claimed in statements from The Hill that his client had “heard President Trump’s oft-repeated words.”
“A president’s words and invitation should mean something,” he defended.
Last Thursday, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray revealed that more than 100 people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the Capitol in actions carried out in places like Phoenix, Arizona. , Dallas (Texas) and Honolulu, in the Hawaiian Archipelago.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the start of a political trial against Trump, the second he has faced since his arrival in the White House, under the charge of “inciting insurrection” for the attack on the Capitol.
Following that move, security measures in Washington have been tightened ahead of Democrat Joe Biden’s inauguration as the new president, a ceremony Trump expected he will not attend.