Attack on Capitol Hill, what happened to the Shaman and the other assailants

There was the QAnon shaman with bison horns, the beautician shouting “you won’t take our Trump teddy bear away from us”, the man who immortalized himself with his feet on Nancy Pelosi’s desk. A year after the shocking attack on the Capitol on January 6, when a crowd of supporters of Donald Trump tried to prevent the proclamation of the electoral victory of Joe Biden, 700 people have been arrested. Here is what happened to many of the protagonists of an event where ridicule and serious attack on democracy were intertwined, causing five deaths. Arrogant at the time of the attack, blinded by conspiracy theories, so reckless as to spread incriminating images themselves on social media, some repented, many risk jail and one even asked for asylum in Belarus. The Shaman of QAnon. Jacob Chansley, aka Jake Angelo the ‘Shaman of QAnon’ has become the unlikely symbol of the attack with his quirky tribal costume, bison-horned headdress and face painted with the American flag. A psychiatric report recognized him as suffering from transient schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but he was nevertheless sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Now he has filed an appeal. In his character he referred to the delusional QAnon conspiracy theory about the existence of a satanic pedophile sect within the US administration. The man with his feet on the desk of the Speaker of the room Nancy Pelosi. His photo went around the world, allowing for his quick arrest. Richard “Bigo” Barnett, a 60-year-old Arkansas gun activist pleaded innocent in court. Released from prison, he is awaiting trial, the opening of which has been postponed due to the considerable amount of evidence that the public prosecution is examining. The mother and child couple and the ‘Trump bear fan’ The man in the jacket with the American flag and the “Florida for Trump” hat. Dubbed the “Florida flag Jacket” by the media, Robert Scott Palmer was quickly identified thanks to numerous footage as he threw a fire extinguisher and brandished a pole at cops. He was sentenced to five years in prison, the heaviest sentence so far inflicted on one of the assailants. Another 140 people have to answer for similar charges for assaulting and wounding a public official. The “Trump bear” fan. In the videos that shoot Palmer, you can hear the voice of a woman shouting: “You won’t take our Trumpy Bear away!”, With a play on words between Trump and ‘teddy bear’, or teddy bear in English. This is Gina Bisignano, a Californian beautician, immortalized in a photo with the rimmel dripping on her cheeks after being hit by an irritating spray. Accused of breaking windows of the Capitol and encouraging others to do the same, she has pleaded guilty and is collaborating with the authorities. The mother and son couple. One of the most curious cases is that of Eric Munchel, a man dressed in a combat suit, accompanied by his mother Lisa Marie Eisenhart, a plump lady who wore a kind of bulletproof vest. Both have to answer for several charges, including the port of a taser inside the Capitol. Their lawyers say Munchel entered the building just to keep an eye on his mother. In a video in the Senate chamber, the son is heard saying: “Mom, be careful”. The pizza chef who wanted to hang Nancy Pelosi The woman who bragged about escaping prison. “Sorry if I have blonde hair, white skin, a great job, a great future and I’m definitely not going to jail … I haven’t done anything wrong.” So boasted on Twitter the Texas real estate developer Jenna Ryan, who had rented a private jet to go to the attack on Capitol Hill. In November, she was sentenced to 60 days in prison and a fine of hundreds of dollars. He will start serving his sentence shortly, but he has already stated on Tik Tok that he will take the opportunity to exercise, a detox diet and lose weight. The pizza chef who wanted to hang Nancy Pelosi. Owner of a pizzeria in Pennsylvania, Pauline Bauer appears in the videos inside the Capitol and is accused of having told a policeman that she wants to hang “that p …” of the speaker of the House. In court he claimed “diplomatic immunity” referring to a movement of “sovereign citizens” that does not recognize US law. The computer thief by Nancy Pelosi. Recognized on video by an ex-boyfriend, Riley Williams is accused of stealing a laptop from Pelosi’s office. Apparently she wanted to sell it to the Russian intelligence, but of course she couldn’t. She is under house arrest pending trial for eight counts. The repentant in tears and the man who sought asylum in Belarus The repentant in tears. Danny Rodriguez was accused of hitting Officer Michael Fanone in the back of the head with an electric gun. He says he is innocent, but in a video of his interrogation released in the media he is seen repentant and in tears, as he says: “we were so stupid to think that we will have done all this to save the country and then everything would be okay. really, how stupid “. The asylum seeker in Belarus. Evan Neumann, filmed beating agents during the assault on the Capitol, sold his home in California and fled to Europe. Arriving in Italy by plane in March with the excuse of a business trip, he then traveled to Belarus where he asked for political asylum and appeared on official Minsk TV. Now wanted by the FBI, the long lineup of unlikely characters shows the more folkloric side of the assault on Capitol Hill. But many questions still remain open about the organization of the assault and Donald Trump’s role. While the man with the masked vote continues to be faceless who, in videos released by the FBI, appears while depositing homemade and operational bombs in front of the Washington headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties.