Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man known as the \u201cQAnon Shaman\u201d who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, filed paperwork to run for Congress as a Libertarian candidate in the battleground state\u2019s 8th Congressional District.<\/p>\n
Rep. Debbie Lesko. R-Ariz., announced last month that she won\u2019t seek re-election in the district.<\/p>\n
Chansley stood out among the Capitol rioters\u00a0by appearing shirtless with face paint, wearing a furry headdress with horns and carrying a U.S. flag affixed to a spear and a bullhorn.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chansley had pleaded guilty to a single count of felony obstruction of an official proceeding.<\/p>\n
A federal judge in 2021 sentenced Chansley to 41 months in prison. In a sentencing memo, prosecutors described him as the \u201cpublic face of the Capitol riot.\u201d Chansley was among the initial group of rioters to enter the building, and used a bullhorn \u201cto rile up the crowd and demand that lawmakers be brought out,\u201d the sentencing memo said.<\/p>\n
Chansley shouted obscenities in the Senate gallery and climbed the chamber\u2019s dais, the memo said. He photographed himself there and refused officers\u2019 orders to leave and left a note that read: \u201cIt\u2019s Only A Matter of Time. Justice Is Coming!\u201d<\/p>\n
Prosecutors noted that Chansley, who pushed the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, used social media to spread \u201cfalse information and hateful rhetoric\u201d that provoked the Capitol attack.<\/p>\n
Chansley served about 27 months in prison before he was transferred to a halfway house in Phoenix in March, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n
During a hearing, Chansley\u2019s original lawyer, Albert Watkins, said he no longer wanted to be known as the \u201cQAnon Shaman.\u201d At his sentencing hearing, Chansley expressed remorse for his actions, which he called \u201cindefensible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was wrong for entering the Capitol,\u201d he told the judge. \u201cI have no excuse. No excuse whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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