Jacob Chansley
QAnon and January 6 Capitol attack figure
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| January 21 2025 | Received a presidential pardon from President Trump, along with approximately 1,500 other individuals charged with crimes related to the January 6th Capitol attack. |
| January 20 2025 | President Trump issued a pardon to Chansley during his second term, which Chansley celebrated on social media and stated he would 'buy some motha fuckin guns' to commemorate. |
| 2024 | Referenced in the comedy film Unfrosted. |
| 2023 | Subject of the song 'Moon Valley High' from AJJ's album Disposable Everything. |
| November 2023 | Announced plans to run for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in Arizona as a Libertarian Party candidate. |
| May 25 2023 | Released from the halfway house. |
| March 30 2023 | Chansley was released from prison 14 months early and moved to a halfway house, as announced by his attorney Albert Watkins. |
| March 28 2023 | Transferred to a halfway house from Federal Correctional Institution - Safford in Arizona. |
| January 2022 | Impersonated by Will Forte's character MacGruber in a Saturday Night Live episode. |
| 2021 | Interviewed by journalist George Packer after his release from prison, during which he expressed views about Donald Trump and conspiracy theories. |
| 2021 | Featured in a Reno 911! episode depicting his distinctive appearance. |
| 2021 | Portrayed in similar attire in an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia titled '2020: A Year In Review'. |
| November 17 2021 | Chansley was sentenced to 41 months in prison at Federal Correctional Institution, Safford in Arizona, with an original release date of May 25, 2024. |
| September 3 2021 | Chansley pleaded guilty to a single count of obstructing an official proceeding and agreed to accept a recommended sentence of 41 to 51 months in prison. |
| March 8 2021 | Federal judge Royce Lamberth denied Chansley's release from jail, stating that Chansley did not fully appreciate the severity of the allegations against him. |
| January 2021 | Appeared as an animated character in the South Park 'South ParQ Vaccination Special' episode, playing a home school tutor named 'Tutornon'. |
| January 14 2021 | Federal prosecutors revealed that Chansley left a threatening note on Vice President Pence's desk in the Senate chamber reading 'It's only a matter of time, justice is coming.' |
| January 9 2021 | Arrested on federal charges related to the Capitol riot, including Civil Disorder and Obstruction of an Official Proceeding. |
| January 8 2021 | Chansley was listed as a person of interest with the Washington DC Police. He was interviewed while wanted and claimed he 'walked through an open door', a statement later found to be untrue. |
| January 6 2021 | Participated in the storming of the U.S. Capitol, which Chansley later described as an 'evolution in consciousness' where protesters marched along perceived 'ley lines'. |
| January 6 2021 | Participated in the storming of the United States Capitol, wearing distinctive face paint and a fur headdress made from a freshly killed raccoon. |
| 2020 | Published his second book 'One Mind at a Time: A Deep State of Illusion' and produced and narrated 11 conspiracy theory videos on Rumble. |
| 2020 | Chansley gave an interview on ORF discussing his beliefs about 'occultic forces' and the potential spiritual significance of the January 6 events. |
| November 7 2020 | Chansley camped outside the Maricopa County Courthouse and gave a speech challenging the presidential election results on the day Joe Biden was declared president-elect, claiming the election was not over and that they would go to the Supreme Court. |
| 2019 | Chansley began attending demonstrations in the Phoenix, Arizona area, including a march for climate, where he promoted conspiracy theories supporting Trump and acted as a counterprotester at Black Lives Matter events. |
| 2019 | Chansley frequently protested alone outside the Arizona Capitol, espousing various conspiracy theories. |
| 2017 | Self-published his first book 'Will & Power: Inside the Living Library' under the pen name Loan Wolf. |
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