‘QAnon Shaman’ ready to testify in impeachment trial, lawyer says

A man pictured wearing face paint and a horned headdress during the Jan.6 uprising at the U.S. Capitol said he would be prepared to testify at the former President TrumpDonald Trump FBI says California extremist may have targeted Newsom House Democrat touts resolution to kick Marjorie Taylor Greene from congressional Facebook to recall political content on platformImpeachment trial in February, his lawyer told The Associated Press.

Jacob Chansley, known as “QAnon Shaman”, is said to be prepared to testify that he was instigated to storm the Capitol by the then president, according to lawyer Albert Watkins. “QAnon Shaman” is a name that refers to the far-right conspiracy theory known as QAnon.

Watkins said his client had yet to make contact with any member of the Senate.

In a statement to The Hill, Watkins confirmed his client would be willing to testify in the Senate impeachment trial.

Trump was indicted by the House a second time earlier in January for his role in the violent riot on Capitol Hill on January 6. Trump made remarks ahead of the attack, encouraging a group of his National Mall supporters to march to Capitol Hill and demand that Congress stop its certification of President Biden’s electoral victory.

Trump is the only president to have been impeached twice in US history. His Senate impeachment trial is scheduled to begin in February.

During the riot, hundreds of rioters, including Chansley, were photographed inside the Capitol building. Chansley was arrested on January 9 and later charged with civil unrest, obstructing official procedures and disorderly conduct in a restricted building. He is due to be arrested on Friday and has not yet pleaded.

Court records indicate that Chansley told investigators he attended the riot specifically “at the president’s request that all” patriots “come to Washington on January 6,” according to the AP.

Watkins told the PA that after Trump failed to forgive him or other participants in the insurgency, his client “felt like he had been betrayed by the president.”

The lawyer said last week that his client felt he had been “duped” by Trump.

“He deeply regrets that he was not simply duped by the president, but to be in a position where he allowed this deception to enable him to make decisions that he should not have taken,” said Watkins, according to NBC of Missouri. KSDK affiliate television channel.