Posted on Feb 27, 2021
QAnon Shaman says Trump ‘groomed’ him and other rioters
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Jacob Chansley, the man known as the "QAnon Shaman", claims that former President Donald Trump used social media and "public propaganda" to "groom" his followers.
Mr Chansley filed a motion Tuesday arguing through his lawyer that he should be released from jail ahead of his trial and that he was only one of millions who were fooled into believing Mr Trump's conspiracy theories.
Mr Chansley could receive a long prison sentence for his part in the storming of the Capitol on 6 January but he firmly claims that he thought that he was "lawfully answering the call of the President" when he crossed the threshold from protester to rioter and becoming a member of a mob.
Albert Watkins, the lawyer representing Mr Chansley, wrote that "for years during the Trump administration, the President honed and routinely utilized his mass communication means to effectively groom millions of Americans with respect to his policies, protocols, beliefs and overwhelming fixation on all matters conspiratorial".
Mr Chansley filed a motion Tuesday arguing through his lawyer that he should be released from jail ahead of his trial and that he was only one of millions who were fooled into believing Mr Trump's conspiracy theories.
Mr Chansley could receive a long prison sentence for his part in the storming of the Capitol on 6 January but he firmly claims that he thought that he was "lawfully answering the call of the President" when he crossed the threshold from protester to rioter and becoming a member of a mob.
Albert Watkins, the lawyer representing Mr Chansley, wrote that "for years during the Trump administration, the President honed and routinely utilized his mass communication means to effectively groom millions of Americans with respect to his policies, protocols, beliefs and overwhelming fixation on all matters conspiratorial".
QAnon Shaman says Trump ‘groomed’ him and other rioters
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Conspiracy Theories
Donald Trump
Social Media
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Oh, that poor, misled baby! Perhaps he should have grown up before he left the house.
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I believe he still lived with his Mom, so there it is. He never grew up. She was vocal in his protest surrounding his need for an organic diet in jail. She won't be around when some bull gives him the horn in the big house.
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I have a question for you... do you want this symbol on our uniforms adjacent to our flag? If not, you have a lot of questioning to do on your own - of the radical wing of what used to be the Republican party.
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No one can groom me w/o my expressed written permission! These folks are using this deflection as a legal defense.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SSgt Richard Kensinger We Already Know they were Idiots and Easily Manipulated by Trump.
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