'Q Shaman' Jacob Chansley Pleads Guilty In Jan. 6 Attack, Could Face Months Behind Bars
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Source: Talking Points Mem0
In an interview with TPM in May, Watkins who pursued media spectacle as part of his clients defense also cited Chansleys mental state.
A lot of these defendants and Im going to use this colloquial term, perhaps disrespectfully but theyre all fucking short-bus people, he said. These are people with brain damage, theyre fucking retarded, theyre on the goddamn spectrum.
But theyre our brothers, our sisters, our neighbors, our coworkers theyre part of our country. These arent bad people, they dont have prior criminal history. Fuck, they were subjected to four-plus years of goddamn propaganda the likes of which the world has not seen since fucking Hitler.
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I don't think any lawyer has EVER done a better job describing his client's state of mind.