‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley ‘wants to testify at Trump impeachment’ as Capitol rioter ‘felt betrayed’ after no pardon

CAPITOL riot leader QAnon Shaman is willing to testify at Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial, according to his lawyer.

Jake Angeli, who stormed the building in a failed coup attempt on January 6, is said to have felt “betrayed” by the former president after not receiving a pardon.

Donning face paint, a furry hat and horns, the 33-year-old was one of the hundreds of protesters who forced entry into the Captiol.

Now, Albert Watkins – a St. Louis attorney representing Jacob “Angeli” Chansley, who calls himself the ” – has offered to have his client testify at Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial.

He claims , and says Chansley would never would have had it not been for the rhetoric Trump used to rile up his supporters.

Watkins says he hasn’t spoken to any member in the Senate team since announcing his offer to have Chansley testify at Trump’s trial, which is scheduled to begin the week of February 8.

According to the lawyer, it is important for senators to hear from someone was was incited by the then-president.

Watkins claims Chansley was previously “horrendously smitten” by Trump, but now feels let down as Trump ended his term without offering him a

“He felt like he was betrayed by the president,” Wakins added.

Chansley and at least four others are facing federal charges in connection with the riot have suggested they were taking orders from Trump.

He is due to enter a plea to charges including civil disorder and demonstrating in a Capitol building on Friday in

Prosecutors who successfully sought said he went into the Capitol carrying a US flag attached to a wooden pole topped with a spear, ignored an officer’s commands to leave, went into the Senate chamber and wrote a threatening note to then-vice president Mike Pence.

Chansley has long been a fixture at Trump rallies, and told investigators he came to the Capitol “at the request of the president that all ‘patriots’ come to DC on January 6,” according to court records.

It comes after Wakins claimed his client was “duped by the president”.

“Let’s roll the tape. Let’s roll the months of lies, and misrepresentations and horrific innuendo and hyperbolic speech by our president designed to inflame, enrage, motivate,” Watkins previously .

“What’s really curious is the reality that our president, as a matter of public record, invited these individuals, as President, to walk down to the capitol with him.”

Watkins argued that invite led to Chansley and countless others to storm the Capitol.

“He regrets very very much having not just been duped by the President, but by being in a position where he allowed that duping to put him in a position to make decisions he should not have made,” Watkins added.

A  and could further incite violence.

“As to my client, the guy with the horns and the fur, the meditation and organic food,” Watkins said. “I’m telling you that we cannot simply wave a magic wand and label all these people on January 6th the same.” 

Watkins alluded to the  in jail after .

Watkins said he has been contacted by others who similarly stormed the Capitol, but cannot disclose any other information.