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Former lawyer for 'QAnon Shaman' says Jan. 6 footage wasn't shown to client, calls prison sentence a 'tragedy'
Fox News ^ | March 9, 2023 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn

Posted on 03/09/2023 12:17:41 PM PST by McGruff

The ex-lawyer for Jacob Chansley, the Navy veteran known widely in the media as the "QAnon Shaman" for his outlandish look during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, told Fox News' Tucker Carlson he had not seen the newly-released footage that could have aided his client against federal charges.

Watkins said the footage proves Chansley did not have all the evidence to decide whether he should go to trial or take a plea. (He ultimately took a plea.}

"This is about our justice system being so compromised, the very integrity and core of that, which we wore as a badge of honor for the entirety of our nation's history, has been rendered a vile, disgusting mess by a Department of Justice that was running amok," Watkins said. "And they didn't share the video of my client, the footage from my client with nine officers surrounding him peacefully, wandering about, trying to help them, trying to get him access to the Senate chamber. They didn't because it didn't fit their narrative."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrestcheney; arrestraskin; arrestschiff; deminsurgency; j6; jacobchansley; jan6; kimberlypaschall; merrickgarland; obstruction; pelosi; pelosiscoup; politicalprisoner; qanon; qanonshaman; roycelamberth; sedition; withholdingevidence
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To: Fury

Thanks for the info.


61 posted on 03/09/2023 3:03:13 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff; All

The prosecution didn’t do their due diligence to discover all relevant evidence and facts.

And didn’t share all relevant evidence and facts...even though THEY HAD UNEMCUMBERED ACCESS, IF NOT FULL POSSESSION OF THESE VIDEOS!!!

All convictions...even those with guilty pleas...are likely to be overturned in the end.


62 posted on 03/09/2023 3:04:28 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: McGruff

Our legal system is badly broken.


63 posted on 03/09/2023 3:06:23 PM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: McGruff

“Tragedy”? It’s a travesty! And cause for a new trial and vacatur of an illicitly obtained verdict and sentence. Absolute duty of prosecutors to provide the defendant with any exculpatory evidence.


64 posted on 03/09/2023 3:17:45 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. )
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To: TonyinLA

I hope his lawyer will file a motion to vacate the conviction based on violations of Brady v. Maryland.


65 posted on 03/09/2023 3:30:28 PM PST by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: JonPreston

I’m saying it. This lawyer failed big or is part of the hoax.


66 posted on 03/09/2023 5:01:14 PM PST by The Free Engineer
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To: bert

Jail? Sounds like the Federal Effing Government Stooges need some good old fashioned hanging.


67 posted on 03/09/2023 5:13:25 PM PST by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell..)
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To: Revel
Royce C. Lamberth... The judge should be disbarred.

Lamberth was appointed by Reagan. He was one of the good guys for a long time. Then he changed.

68 posted on 03/09/2023 6:31:27 PM PST by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: Eleutheria5
“Tragedy”?

Terrible choice of words. A lawyer should do better.

69 posted on 03/09/2023 6:35:42 PM PST by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: Eleutheria5; bert
John Pierce seems to be replacing Jacob Chansley's old lawyer Watkins. He claims Watkins urged Chansley to accept the plea deal (apparently before the J6 videos were released), and that accepting the plea deal was a mistake for Chansley.

(My opinion) On the other hand, the DOJ and DC courts' onslaught against such defendants looked overwhelming at the time.

I can't find a news article that describes all this very well. Maybe in a day or so.

70 posted on 03/09/2023 7:59:02 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: Eleutheria5; bert

Correction, William Shipley now claims to be Chansley’s new lawyer, and was the one criticizing Watkins. Pierce and Shipley may be on the same legal team.


71 posted on 03/09/2023 8:39:20 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Re: 70 - Lots of info here by one of his attorneys.

https://twitter.com/shipwreckedcrew


72 posted on 03/10/2023 4:16:41 AM PST by Fury
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To: Hot Tabasco

One guy…Clinesmith was prosecuted. He received a sentence of probation, was allowed to keep his law license and got lucrative consulting jobs from the media.
His bosses, whom he said were aware of his deception were not punished.


73 posted on 03/10/2023 5:17:41 AM PST by oldernittany
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