According to a report from Kerry Picket at The Washington Times, January 6 Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) denies that his committee selectively edited previously released J6 footage and says he doesn’t know Jacob Chansley (the “Q-Anon Shaman”).
Listen to Picket question Thompson below.
From The Washington Times:
The Mississippi Democrat and former committee chairman also claimed he was unaware of Jan. 6 defendant Jacob Chansley, the “Q-Anon Shaman” who was sentenced to almost four years in prison.
“I don’t know who he is,” Mr. Thompson said of Mr. Chansley, the protester best known for wearing a fur-horned helmet, exposing his tattooed bare chest and wearing face paint.
Prosecutors claimed that although Mr. Chansley was never accused of violence, he was the “public face of the Capitol riot” who went into the attack with a weapon, a flagpole topped with a spear tip.
The media portrayed Mr. Chansley as a violent individual, but the newly released footage showed he entered the Capitol through an open door on the Senate side with a group of people and was peacefully escorted by Capitol Police into the Senate chamber.
“I don’t know who he is,” Mr. Thompson said of Mr. Chansley, the protester best known for wearing a fur-horned helmet, exposing his tattooed bare chest and wearing face paint. https://t.co/VF1U1ITuk8
— Kerry Picket (@KerryPicket) March 8, 2023
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