Capitol Insurrectionist Jacob Chansley AKA ‘Bison Boy’ Claims He Was ‘Duped’ By Trump

Al Watkins, the lawyer representing domestic terrorist Jacob Chansley (AKA Jake Angeli AKA the QAnon Shaman AKA Bison Boy) says Chansley was “duped” by Donald Trump.

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

Previously Chansley’s mother appealed to the judge and asked for leniency as Chansley hadn’t eaten since his arraignment the previous Friday because there were no organic meal options in jail. “He gets very sick if he doesn’t eat organic food — literally will get physically sick,” his mother, Martha Chansley, told ABC15 Arizona.

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During the hearing, Gerald Williams — Chansley’s public defender — reportedly seemed unclear on whether or not his client observed a restricted diet for religious reasons. In any case, the judge deemed Chansley’s refusal to eat “deeply concerning,” and according to ABC15, he will be “provided food in line with a shaman’s strict organic diet” going forward.

“We will abide with the judge’s order,” David Gonzales, U.S. Marshall for Arizona, said after the hearing.

Chansley had been a mainstay at far-right rallies in Arizona since at least 2019, according to the Arizona Republic, loudly espousing conspiracy theories propagated by QAnon and voicing his support for Donald Trump. Following the January 6 attack, he told the Washington Post about his spiritual background — which the outlet describes as “a mix of pagan and New Age–like religious beliefs” — and his “shaman’s clothing.” Chansley always wears face paint and a buffalo-horned hat made of coyote skin, in what he views as a nod to certain Native American myths that characterize the animal as a “trickster.” (“I wear the skin,” he told the Post, “because you cannot pull the wool over the eyes of an Angeli.”) Then again, he reportedly indicated to the Republic last year that his outfit was merely a “way to attract attention.”

More than 116 people from around the country are now facing federal charges.