Forrest Gump was used to argue for the release of the “QAnon Shaman” by his lawyer.Jacob Chansley – aka Jake Angeli, dubbed the “QAnon Shaman” – is currently in custody in Arizona, after being arrested for his involvement in the storming of the US Capitol in Washington D.C.
in January.Chansley is facing charges of interfering with police during a civil disorder, obstruction of Congress and several counts of various misdemeanours.
The man, photos of whom wearing a horned fur hat were widely published after the riot, claims that police invited him into the Capitol building.In court on Friday (March 5), Chansley’s lawyer Al Watkins used one of the plotlines from Forrest Gump to try and secure his release.
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