Arizona resident Jacob Chansley, the Jan. 6, 2021 rioter dubbed the “QAnon Shaman” whose picture was ubiquitous on televisions as he wore face paint with animal fur and horns, plans to run for Congress in 2024.
The 35-year-old filed an announcement of curiosity final Thursday, which, in response to the Associated Press, signifies Chansley needs to run as a Libertarian in subsequent 12 months’s election for the eighth Congressional District seat in Arizona.
Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., introduced in October that she is not going to search re-election to her seat, which the 64-year-old girl was first elected to in 2018. Her time period will formally finish in January 2025.
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Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., attends a House Energy and Commerce Committee markup in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, July 21, 2021.
Chansley, 35, is broadly recognizable because the shirtless and face-painted man who, in response to one federal choose, turned the “very image” of the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol.
Numerous photos and movies from the riot present Chansley carrying an American flag by means of the Capitol constructing as a mob of then-President Trump’s supporters engaged in violent confrontations with police exterior.
Footage from the Capitol confirmed Chansley being escorted across the constructing by Capitol Police officers. At one level, at the very least 9 cops have been seen near Chansley, and none of them slowed him down.
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FILE – In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file picture, supporters of President Donald Trump, together with Jacob Chansley, heart with fur and horned hat, are confronted by Capitol Police officers exterior the Senate Chamber contained in the Capitol in Washington. A video confirmed Chansley main others in a prayer contained in the Senate chamber. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
After the riot, Chansley was arrested and charged in reference to the riot. He pleaded responsible to civil dysfunction and violent entry to the Capitol in September 2021.
Chansley was sentenced to 41 months in jail in November 2021, and after serving about 27 months, was transferred to a Phoenix midway home in March 2023.
In a prolonged speech at his sentencing listening to, Chansley mentioned he was “wrong for entering the Capitol” and didn’t excuse his actions.
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Jacob Chansley (Alexandria Sheriff’s Office)
“I am in no way, shape or form a violent criminal… no way a domestic terrorist,” Chansley mentioned. “I’m a good man who broke the law. … I am truly repentant for my actions.”
He is among the many greater than 700 individuals sentenced in relation to Capitol riot-related federal crimes.
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Chansley beforehand referred to as himself the “QAnon Shaman,” however has since disavowed the QAnon motion.
