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‘QAnon Shaman’ from Capitol riot hasn’t eaten in a week due to lack of organic food in jail, lawyer says

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 year ago

The man seen at the Capitol riot last month wearing face paint and a fur hat with horns hasn’t eaten anything in over a week because of the lack of organic food in the Washington, D.C., jail where he’s being held, his lawyer said Wednesday.



'QAnon Shaman' from Capitol riot hasn't eaten in a week due to lack of organic food in jail, lawyer says

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‘QAnon Shaman’ from Capitol riot hasn’t eaten in a week due to lack of organic food in jail, lawyer says

An attorney for Jacob Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli and the “QAnon Shaman,” filed an emergency motion in federal court asking a judge to order that he either be released or

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‘QAnon Shaman’ Lost 30 Pounds Protesting Lack Of Organic Food In Jail

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 year ago

After being arrested for his clear and heavily photographed participation in the attack on the U.S. Capitol building, Jacob Angeli Chansley (a.k.a. the “QAnon Shaman“) has reportedly lost over 20 pounds while refusing to eat the food at a Washington, D.C. prison because it’s not organic. His lawyer claims Chansley hasn’t eaten for a week and filed an emergency motion in federal court on Wednesday demanding that Chansley be served only organic food in accordance with his “religious beliefs” or be immediately released. Via The Hill:

“Based on Mr. Jacob Chansley’s shamanic belief system and way of life, non-organic

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Judge grants ‘QAnon Shaman’ rioter’s request for organic food in jail

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 year ago


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A judge has granted the so-called ‘QAnon Shaman’ MAGA rioter’s request to receive organic food in jail after his lawyer said he hadn’t eaten in nine days and had lost nine pounds. 

DC federal Judge Royce Lamberth ruled on Jacob Anthony Chansley’s request on Wednesday, calling it ‘a choice between starvation, death, and consuming something contrary to his long-held faith’.

It came after Chansley’s lawyer, Albert Watkins, filed a motion asking for his client to be released on bond due to the fact that he hadn’t eaten in over a week because

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‘QAnon Shaman’ rioter should be given organic food while in jail after going on hunger strike, federal judge says

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 year ago

US Capitol rioter and so-called “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley should be given organic food while in a Washington, DC, jail, a federal judge said Wednesday, after Chansley went on an apparent hunger strike last week claiming non-organic food was against his religion and sickened him.

DC District Court Judge Royce Lamberth decided the accommodations could be made for Chansley because he had been fed organic food in detention in Arizona, and arguments about his adherence to Shamanism were enough to also convince the judge.

Chansley hasn’t eaten since last Monday, his attorney said.

“My client made it clear that while

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