Jacob Chansley, the man who participated in the assault on the United States Capitol disguised as a bison, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison – three years and five months in jail – in a federal court in the country. He himself had already admitted guilty of such an incident and accepted the recommended penalty.
Judge Royce Lamberth, of a federal court in the District of Columbia. has recognized during the hearing to read the sentence thatand what he did “was terrible”. Despite believing that the remorse expressed by Chansley are genuine, Lamberth stressed that the crime committed by the one known in the United States as the “shaman of QAnon” it is so “serious” that it does not justify a lesser sentence.
Chansley was somewhat regretful during the hearing by admitting that he was wrong, that his behavior that day was “indefensible” and that he has no “excuses” to justify it. That is why in September it was declared guilty on the charge of obstructing an official procedure during a session of Congress on January 6, when the assault on the Capitol took place.
That day the votes cast by the Electoral College on December 14, which proclaimed Biden president, were to be certified.
In his plea, which was part of an agreement with the District Attorney, Chansley accepted a recommended sentence of between 41 and 51 months in prison, although will deduct the time you have been in jail since last January 9.
Chansley es adept at conspiracy theories of the Qanon movement. He became the most mediatic assailant on the Capitol since he did it disguised as a bison and came to sit in the chair of the president of the Senate. He was arrested three days later and has remained behind bars since then, although media interest remained active for him after demand that they offer him organic food in jail and refuse to eat for nine days until he is successful.
So far, more than 600 people have been indicted in federal court for the assault on the Capitol. The sentence against Chansley follows the one handed down last week by the same judge against a man who hit a policeman during the assault on the Capitol, who was also sentenced to 3 years and 5 months in prison. These two are the highest penalties ordered so far against defendants for that event.
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