Arizona man wearing horns during U.S. Capitol riots, Q Shaman, now faces felony indictment
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. Jacob Anthony Chansley, the Arizona man with the painted face and wearing a horned, fur hat, was taken into custody Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021 and charged with counts that include violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
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PHOENIX â One week after he was pictured with rioters in the U.S. Capitol, Jacob Chansley, the QAnon Shaman, faces a six-count federal indictment.
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Authorities announced new arrests and charges on January 9, 2021, over the violent incursion into the US Capitol, including Jacob Anthony Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, and two others one of them a newly elected state official were charged in federal court in connection with the violence, according to the US attorney s office for the District of Columbia. Saul LOEB / AFP
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Jacob Angeli Chansley is one of the MAGA rioters wanted by DC police for his part in storming the Capitol building on Wednesday.
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One of the most visible figures in Wednesday s riot on the Capitol has been arrested and charged by authorities.
Jacob Anthony Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, will face several charges including disorderly conduct and violent entry, according to reports.
After his arrest, the federal attorney for Washington, D.C., released a statement identifying Chansley as the man with his face painted, who was wearing a horned headdress inside of the Capitol building.
“It is alleged that Chansley was identified as the man seen in media coverage who entered the Capitol building dressed in horns, a bearskin headdress, red, white and blue face paint, shirtless, and tan pants,” the statement read.
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Jacob Angeli Chansley is one of the MAGA rioters wanted by DC police for his part in storming the Capitol building on Wednesday
He was part of a Trump supporting mob, that also included Proud Boys and white supremacists, who broke into the building
DailyMail.com can reveal that Chansley has been living with his mother Martha, 56, since January 2019
He had been booted out of his $899-a-month apartment in Phoenix, Arizona, owing $1,247 in rent arrears
The Arizona man who was pictured wearing horns and face paint during the D.C. riots has been arrested, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.