{"id":19769,"date":"2021-09-05T07:09:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T11:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19769"},"modified":"2021-09-05T07:10:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T11:10:02","slug":"capitol-riot-qanon-shaman-pleads-guilty-in-federal-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/09\/05\/capitol-riot-qanon-shaman-pleads-guilty-in-federal-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol riot: ‘QAnon Shaman’ pleads guilty in federal court"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A prominent supporter of the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon has accepted a plea deal in federal court for his involvement in the US Capitol riots.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jacob Anthony Chansley was one of thousands of Trump supporters who attempted to prevent the US Congress from certifying the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Chansley pleaded guilty on Friday to one felony count of obstruction in an official proceeding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nearly 600 people have been charged in the federal investigation of the riot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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At least 36 defendants have to date pleaded guilty, eight of whom have pleaded guilty to felonies, according to CBS News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Chansley became the de facto face of the siege, pictured amid the unrest in horns and a bearskin headdress, with the American flag painted on his face. He called himself the “QAnon Shaman”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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QAnon is a wide-ranging conspiracy theory whose followers believe former President Donald Trump was waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in government, business and the media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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