The notorious Jan. 6 rioter known as the “QAnon Shaman” has been pardoned by President Trump — and plans to celebrate by buying some guns.
Jacob Chansley — who suffers from mental health problems and emerged as the poster boy of the riot for storming the US Capitol shirtless in a horned coyote-fur headdress — learned the good news from his lawyer Monday night after Trump pardoned him and about 1,500 other Jan. 6 defendants on his first day back in office.
“I GOT A PARDON BABY!” Chansley, 37, posted on X on Monday night. “THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!
“NOW I AM GONNA BUY SOME MOTHA FU*KIN GUNS!!!” the Arizona man wrote.
Convicted felons such as Chansley are federally banned from owning firearms, but Trump’s pardon means Chansley is back in legal good standing enough to buy and use guns.
Chansley of Phoenix pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing an official proceeding before Congress in September 2021 and received one of the lengthiest prison sentences of any Capitol rioter, netting three and a half years behind bars.
The costumed crusader ultimately served just over two years before he was released 14 months early in 2023.
Chansley — who federal prison officials diagnosed with transient schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety — served 11 months in solitary confinement during his prison stint, according to his former lawyer.
Chansley’s ridiculous get-up at the Capitol riots made him one of the recognizable defendants as his red-white-and-blue painted face was plastered across news outlets all over the world.
He was among the first rioters to breach the Capitol with fellow Trump supporters intent on blocking Congress from affirming Joe Biden as their next president.
Chansley, who believes he is descended from Buddha and Jesus, also stood up on Vice President Mike Pence’s Senate desk and left him a note warning, “Justice is coming,” according to prosecutors during his trial.
He later said he no longer supported Trump, but the president appears to have regained his favor with the pardon.
In August, a judge ordered federal authorities to return to him the spear and horned helmet that helped make Chansley so recognizable.
