Chansley wanted to see his grandfather before his death, said his attorney, but judge ruled he was still a flight risk and not particularly sorry about his actions.
A federal court has denied a request from “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley to be released from jail before his sentencing for a felony committed during the Capitol insurrection Jan. 6.The Capitol rioter who became a bizarre icon of the insurrection in his furry horned hatthat he was not a flight risk nor a danger to the community, St. Louis U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth said in a ruling released Friday.
With “great sadness and regret, there was simply nothing more I could do to permit a gentle, smart and kind young man the opportunity to spend a few minutes at the side of the man who raised him to say ‘good-bye’ one last time,” Watkins noted.
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