USA, the Qanon ‘shaman’ running for Congress

2023-11-14 17:49:12

Time.news – He was sentenced to three and a half years for the assault on Capitol Hill, but heShaman‘he doesn’t intend to give up: he intends to return to Congress, this time by the ‘high road’, the elections.

The American broadcaster CBS has in fact announced that Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansleya 35-year-old Italian American, an iron Trumpian, known throughout the world as the “QAnon shaman”, has presented the documents to be able to run in Arizona, for a seat in the House of Representatives.

Jacob Chansley, the Capitol rioter who used to call himself the “QAnon Shaman” but has since disavowed the QAnon movement, has filed paperwork indicating he wants to seek a seat from Arizona.

— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 13, 2023

The shaman, alias Jake Angelo, with ‘Sitting Bull’ horns, fur and tattoos, was one of the undisputed protagonists of the dramatic revolt of January 6, 2021. His shirtless image, inside the historic halls of Congress, while inciting the rioters at the unlikely ‘taking’ of the American temple of democracy, had toured the world so much so that in a short space of time it became “the face of the revolt”.

The American newspapers recall that he is being sentenced to 3 years and 5 months in prison, as well as an expert opinion that recognized him as suffering from transient schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It matters little, because Jake Angelo, after acknowledging his guilt, decided to plea bargain his sentence from March of this year, after having spent ‘only’ 27 months in prison, he was transferred to a reception facility in Phoenix , his hometown, where he will have to serve the minimum of the expected sentence: 40 to 50 months, with mitigating circumstances granted to those deemed “genuinely repentant”.

The ‘Shaman’ – according to what was reported by local newspapers – intends to run for the Libertarian Party in the elections for the partial renewal of Congress in 2024. He will run for the seat of Arizona’s 8th congressional district and, the naysayers are betting, ” will exploit that publicity” to legally enter the Chamber. The American Constitution, in fact, does not prevent convicted criminals from holding federal positions. Arizona law, however, will deny him the ability to exercise his civil rights (including the right to vote) until he has served his full sentence.

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