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The lawyer who represented the 'QAnon Shaman' in his trial for storming the Capitol on January 6 has said that his client has been released from prison to a halfway house. Jacob Chansley, 35, pleaded guilty in September 2021 to civil disorder and violent entry to the Capitol, among other charges, and was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison. In a statement to DailyMail.com on Thursday his attorney Albert S. Watkins said he had been released from prison to the custody of a halfway house.

Previously unseen footage shines a spotlight on Attorney General Garland’s duty to disclose evidence in possession of the government.Attorney General Garland, in the wake of the disclosures of footage from government cameras showing the “QAnon Shaman,” Jacob Chansley, being guided through the Capitol by uniformed police on January 6, 2021, has an obligation to bring, if he hasn’t done so already, the evidence to the attention of Chansley’s lawyers and the court. That is the opinion of one of America’s leading defense lawyers, Harvey Silverglate of Boston. Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of the Sun, where he covers politics...

On January 6th, a mob of extremists stormed the United States Capitol. The riots resulted in the deaths of at least five people, and dozens of the participants were later arrested. One of them is Jacob Chansley, sometimes known as Jake Angeli or “The QAnon Shaman.” Chansley went viral during and after the riots for infiltrating the Senate floor while shirtless and wearing horns. Chansley was arrested three days after the riots and later publicly called on then-President Trump to pardon him, saying he felt he was answering Trump’s call. In a memorandum earlier this month arguing to keep Angeli...