Indeed: Lawyer for Innocent 'QAnon Shaman' Argues Donald Trump Should Pardon Peaceful Capitol Protesters

A lawyer for Jacob Anthony Chansley, the "QAnon Shaman" also known as Jake Angeli, has urged President Donald Trump to pardon his client and others who took part in last week's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol at Trump's "invitation."

Attorney Albert Watkins reportedly made the plea in a statement released Thursday, insisting that Chansley had personally been "peaceful and compliant" during the riot while highlighting his dedication to practicing yoga and eating only organic food.

Indeed: Lawyer for Innocent 'QAnon Shaman' Argues Donald Trump Should Pardon Peaceful Capitol Protesters Qanon-shaman-asks-trump-insurrection-pardon

Indeed: Lawyer for Innocent 'QAnon Shaman' Argues Donald Trump Should Pardon Peaceful Capitol Protesters Qanon-shaman-asks-trump-insurrection-pardon

Photos of Chansley inside the Capitol quickly went viral due in part to his memorable appearance, which included a horned fur hat, American flag face paint and no shirt. Chansley was arrested days later, but Watkins maintains that the charges against his client should become moot following a presidential pardon because he took part in the riot after accepting "President Trump's invitation to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol."

"Mr. Chansley is an American; he served honorably in the U.S. military," Watkins said, according to the Associated Press. "He has zero criminal history. He is a lover of nature, routinely practices meditation, is an active practicer of yoga and eats only organic food. He took seriously the countless messages of President Trump. He believed in President Trump. Like tens of millions of other Americans, Chansley felt—for the first time in his life—as though his voice was being heard."

Chansley was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, demonstrating in a Capitol building, civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. If convicted, he could potentially face decades in prison.

Watkins did not limit his appeal for a pardon to only his client, insisting that all "like-minded, peaceful individuals" facing legal repercussions for their involvement in the Capitol breach should be given pardons by the president before he leaves office next week.

"My client had heard the oft-repeated words of President Trump," said Watkins. "The words and invitation of a president are supposed to mean something. Given the peaceful and compliant fashion in which Mr. Chansley comported himself, it would be appropriate and honorable for the president to pardon Mr. Chansley and other like-minded, peaceful individuals who accepted the president's invitation with honorable intentions."

.https://www.newsweek.com/lawyer-qanon-shaman-argues-donald-trump-should-pardon-peaceful-capitol-rioters-1561819

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Indeed: Lawyer for Innocent 'QAnon Shaman' Argues Donald Trump Should Pardon Peaceful Capitol Protesters

Indeed: Lawyer for Innocent 'QAnon Shaman' Argues Donald Trump Should Pardon Peaceful Capitol Protesters

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