A federal judge has ordered the return of distinctive horned, coyote-tailed headdress and Jacob Anthony Chansley’s staff, which was arrested during the investigation of the January 6 Capitol event.
Jacob Chansley, a Native American faith healer who served two years in the US Navy, was held in solitary confinement for months and later sentenced to 41 months in prison for his peaceful involvement in the Jan. 6 protest on Capitol Hill.
Jacob Chansley, aka the American Shaman, never used violence. He called on others to act peacefully, to pray at the US Capitol, and to spend all his time under the guidance of the police.
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Free Jacob Chansley! pic.twitter.com/nSdPWKNOGa
– Alexander Sheppard (@NotAlexSheppard) March 7, 2023
A video of Jacob Chansley reading a tweet from President Donald Trump instructing protesters to “GO HOME” and remain peaceful has resurfaced online.
“President Donald Trump has asked everyone to go home! So what are we going to do? We’re going to obey our president, we’re going to do what he asks, and we’re going to go home,” Chansley said in the video. “We are not Antifa!”
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Breaking: Video resurfaces of Jacob Chansley reading Trump’s tweets, telling protesters to “GO HOME” and stay peaceful. pic.twitter.com/dhJKYKrblT
– Brief Politics (@NewsBecker) March 10, 2023
In an exclusive interview with The Gateway Pundit in December 2021, Chansley, who was being held in solitary confinement at the Alexandria Detention Center in Virginia at the time, defended himself against the attack, saying, “I’m not an extremist. I’m not an insurgent. I’m not a domestic terrorist. I’m not Violent. They’ve said I’m an actor, I can’t count how many times I’m schizophrenic, and I’m delusional.
He added, “And they said that I call myself Shaman Qanon and even though I never called myself Shaman Qanon, that’s a title given to me by Alex Jones. So they’re totally inaccurate on so many different levels and they’re highlighted my image, they exaggerated my behavior as much as they could to make it look as bad as they could. And I think that I am a perfect example of the media with clear bias and many ulterior motives, and they do not report the truth.
In October 2023, Chansley wrote an op-ed in The Gateway Pundit asserting that the events of January 6 were “deep state psyops.”
“J6 is a Deep State orchestrated event, used to launch Psychological Operations (PSYOP) designed to target Trump and label his supporters as domestic terrorists. In this article, I will explain in detail why I believe this is true and how you can explain it to him other people,” he said.
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EXCLUSIVE: OP-ED By January 6 ‘SHAMAN’ Jacob Chansley! “J6 IS A DEEP STATE PSYOP AND I CAN PROVE IT!” Read This Exclusive Article Written By The Shaman Herself!
Chansley was released in late April 2023 and has completed his sentence and most of his supervised release.
He filed a motion under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g), seeking the return of the property, which he says is no longer required as evidence by the government.
Federal Judge Royce Lambert granted the motion, asserting that the government had failed to demonstrate a continuing need for the item as evidence in the case.
“Pursuant to Rule 41 (g), the Court concluded that the government must return Mr. Chansley’s property,” according to the ruling reviewed by The Gateway Pundit.
In a statement to The Gateway Pundit, Chansley said, “Judge Lamberth respects and thanks him for his fair and impartial decision.
The verdict follows a landmark Supreme Court decision in Fischer against the United States (2024), which explains the legal limits of barrier fees.
In June, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) invalidated the use of the Department of Justice (DOJ) 1512(c)(2), a statute related to the obstruction of official process, in a case related to the events of January 6. (J6).
This decision states that the Department of Justice is not authorized to prosecute more than 350 Americans for their participation in January 6 – a clear misuse of the law to punish those who oppose the election of Biden and criminalize political dissent.