Capitol: the rioters wanted to "capture and assassinate elected officials", according to prosecutors

According to the prosecution, Jacob Chansley left a note for Mike Pence's attention on the Senate dais on January 6.

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Court documents, filed to request the continued detention of Jacob Chansley, the "horned shaman" photographed on January 6, 2021, would prove the designs of the rioters. 

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Strong evidence, including Chansley's own words and actions on Capitol Hill, shows that the intent of the rioters on Capitol Hill was to capture and assassinate elected officials of the United States government,

 " prosecutors write in this filing filed by the Department of Justice in court to request the continued detention of Jacob Chansley.

This

conspiratorial QAnon

 must indeed appear this Friday, January 15.

On January 6, during the day

of chaos in the heart of

American

democracy

, elected officials had to go into hiding because they feared for their lives and at least five people, including a police officer, had been killed.

Authorities have since brought charges against rioters, including a man who waved the

Confederate flag

in the Capitol, another who wore a "Camp Auschwitz" sweatshirt and an Olympic swimming champion, Klete Keller.

Note to Pence

According to the prosecution, Jacob Chansley left a note for Mike Pence on the Senate dais where the Deputy Speaker had stood a few minutes earlier, on which was written: " 

Only a matter of time, justice arrives

 ”. 

The man is a regular drug user and is said to have mental problems, according to the file which states that Jacob Chansley " 

has spoken openly about his belief that he is an alien, a higher entity, and that he is here on Earth for rise to another reality

 ”.

Prosecutors are asking that he be kept in detention because of the danger he poses.

(With AFP)

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