‘QAnon shaman’ faces more than four years in prison after pleading guilty

Published September 3, 2021 9:37pm ET



The protester better known as the “QAnon shaman” from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol pleaded guilty on Friday to a single felony charge in connection to the incident earlier this year.

Jacob Chansley, 34, became synonymous with the riot, as he was pictured multiple times carrying a 6-foot pole with a spearhead into the federal building, wearing a fur hat with horns while covered in red and blue face paint.

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