Jacob Chansley, also known as the “QAnon Shaman,” screams “Freedom” inside the U.S. Senate chamber after the U.S. Capitol was breached by a mob during a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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“QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley will regain possession of the makeshift spear and horned helmet that he carried as he stormed the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot with other Trump supporters, a federal judge ruled Monday.
The Department of Justice failed to show why it still needed his property, which had made him an iconic face of the Capitol riot, Judge Royce Lamberth wrote in an order in Washington, D.C., federal court.
“Since the government has not established that it…
