Prosecutors recommend 51-month sentence for 'QAnon Shaman'

Prosecutors recommend 51-month sentence for ‘QAnon Shaman’.

Federal prosecutors recommend a 51-month prison sentence for Jacob Chansley, the Capitol troublemaker known as the “QAnon Shaman” for his outrageous outfits.

In a sentencing memorandum filed Tuesday, prosecutors said they “cannot overstate the seriousness of the defendant’s conduct as one of the most prominent figures in the historic unrest on Capitol Hill.”

In addition to the prison sentence of more than four years, the government is requesting three years of supervised release and restitution of $ 2,000.

Chansey became one of the most recognizable figures in the riots as he paraded through the Capitol without a shirt, wearing a horned hat and face painted red, white and blue.

Pleaded guilty in early September obstruction of an official procedure, a charge that carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.

Earlier this year, Chansley went on a hunger strike and asked former President Trump for a pardon.

Prosecutors say Chansley was one of the first 30 rioters to enter the Capitol. He entered the building at 2:15 p.m. until he was escorted off the east side about an hour later.

While inside the Capitol, Chansley entered the Senate Gallery at approximately 2:52 pm and climbed the Senate stage.

“Following the events of the day, the defendant gave multiple media interviews in which he defended his belief that he did nothing wrong,” prosecutors wrote. “The severity of his actions and respect for the laws of this country must be imprinted on him.”

Chansey is scheduled to be sentenced next Wednesday. His attorney, Albert Watkins, also presented a memorandum Tuesday asking that his client only be sentenced to the time he has already served in jail.

Chansey has been in custody since his arrest in January. Watkins argued that Chansley has served more than 300 days in solitary confinement and suffers from severe anxiety and panic attacks while locked up despite not being violent.

“It is time for the shaman to begin his journey to freedom, not from jail, but from major mental health conditions,” Watkins said. “It is time for Mr. Chansley to start his journey from the inside out.”