31 Facts About Jacob Chansley

Jacob Chansley is a supporter of Donald Trump and a former believer and disseminator of the QAnon conspiracy theory.

Jacob Chansley served out a portion of his sentence at Federal Correctional Institution - Safford in Safford, Arizona, and was transferred to a halfway house on March 28,2023, from which he was released on May 25,2023.

Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley was born in 1988 to Martha Chansley.

Jacob Chansley attended Moon Valley High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and Glendale Community College, where he completed some coursework in psychology, religion, philosophy and ceramics.

Jacob Chansley enlisted in the United States Navy on September 26,2005.

Jacob Chansley produced and narrated 11 videos espousing various conspiracy theories and uploaded them to the platform Rumble in late 2020.

Jacob Chansley had a profile on the Backstage website seeking work as an actor.

Jacob Chansley has a social media following and has attended rallies supporting QAnon, mostly in and around Phoenix.

Jacob Chansley frequently protested alone outside the Arizona Capitol, espousing various conspiracy theories, in 2019.

Jacob Chansley was described by The Arizona Republic as a shamanic practitioner when attending a climate activism protest in Arizona; and his ideology has been described as ecofascist.

Jacob Chansley appeared at a Black Lives Matter protest in the Phoenix area in order to spread the QAnon conspiracy theory.

Jacob Chansley was photographed standing on the raised platform in front of Vice President Mike Pence's chair in the Senate chamber, gaining him significant media attention.

Jacob Chansley later said police initially blocked the crowd from entry, but had then specifically allowed them entry, at which point he entered.

On March 16,2021, the US District Court in Washington DC released previously unseen video footage of Jacob Chansley entering the Capitol building after windows were smashed.

Video footage presented by Tucker Carlson on Fox News in March 2023 depicted Jacob Chansley walking through the Capitol building in the company of police officers who appeared to make no visible effort to stop him.

Carlson, who was given exclusive access to the security footage by a top congressional Republican, characterized the officers as "tour guides" for Jacob Chansley and noted that none of the officers arrested him.

Jacob Chansley maintained that Capitol Police officers were badly outnumbered and did their best to use de-escalation tactics to try to talk rioters into leaving the building.

Court transcripts reveal Jacob Chansley told the FBI that he had traveled to the Capitol "as a part of a group effort, with other 'patriots' from Arizona, at the request of the President that all 'patriots' come to DC on January 6,2021".

Jacob Chansley had no criminal record in Arizona before taking part in the riot.

Jacob Chansley voluntarily spoke to the Washington Field Office of the FBI prior to his arrest.

Jacob Chansley was represented by St Louis attorney Albert Watkins starting in January 2021 until his guilty plea on September 2.

Jacob Chansley presented evidence Chansley had been diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder while serving the Navy.

Watkins publicly called on President Trump to pardon his client, arguing that Jacob Chansley had been unarmed, not violent or destructive, and had been acting on the "invitation" of the president.

Jacob Chansley pleaded guilty to a single count of obstructing an official proceeding on September 3,2021, and agreed to accept the prosecution's recommended sentence of 41 to 51 months in prison as part of the settlement.

Jacob Chansley served his sentence at Federal Correctional Institution, Safford in Safford, Arizona, with an original release date of May 25,2024.

On March 30,2023, attorney Albert Watkins announced Jacob Chansley had just been released from prison 14 months early and moved to a halfway house.

Those false reports frequently included a photo of Jacob Chansley at a BLM rally in Arizona, cropping out his "Q Sent Me" sign that indicates he was a counter-protester rather than a participant at the rally.

Jacob Chansley has stated his unfounded belief that televisions and radios emit "very specific frequencies that are inaudible," that "affect the brain waves of your brain".

Jacob Chansley has spoken about the Bilderberg conspiracy theory and said that Freemasons designed Washington, DC, according to "ley lines".

Prosecutors have alleged that Jacob Chansley believes he is an alien or higher being and is destined to ascend to another reality; he purports to be a bodhisattva who remains on this plane of reality to lead other conscious beings to ascend this realm.

An animated Jacob Chansley appears in the 2021 "South ParQ Vaccination Special" episode of South Park, in which he becomes a home school tutor for "Tutornon".