Male who wore horns in Capitol riot moved to Virginia jail that serves organic and natural food stuff

WASHINGTON — A gentleman who stormed the U.S. Capitol although sporting deal with paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns was moved to a jail in Virginia on Thursday following a federal decide requested authorities to deliver him with organic and natural foods whilst he’s in custody.

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Jacob Chansley was transferred to the Alexandria Detention Centre following his lawyer argued that his shopper experienced long gone nine times devoid of eating for the reason that natural food items was not served at the jail in Washington. A decide ordered corrections officers to offer the unique food plan.

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Chansley dropped 20 kilos due to the fact getting transferred from Arizona to Washington past week, his lawyer, Albert Watkins, advised the decide. Chansley, who phone calls himself the “QAnon Shaman,” considers ingesting natural and organic food stuff to be element of his “shamanic belief program and way of life,” the lawyer claimed.

On Thursday, U.S. District Decide Royce Lamberth mentioned the U.S. Marshals Company advised the court docket that the District of Columbia Section of Corrections had questioned for Chansley to be moved since they could not honor the court’s get to feed him natural and organic meals.

The choose stated jail officials in nearby Alexandria could accommodate the specific diet regime.

Chansley was indicted on civil problem, obstruction, disorderly conduct and other charges for his role in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6. He was among the a team of hundreds of professional-Trump supporters who billed earlier outnumbered law enforcement officers and stormed the Capitol as Congress was conference to vote to certify Joe Biden’s electoral get.

Chansley told investigators he came to the Capitol “at the ask for of the president that all ‘patriots’ arrive to D.C. on January 6,” in accordance to courtroom information.

The FBI determined Chansley from pictures taken through the riot that confirmed his distinctive tattoos. Chansley was inside the Capitol and on the Senate dais as he carried a U.S. flag on a pole topped with a spear. Authorities explained he also wrote a threatening take note to then-Vice President Mike Pence.