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<\/p>\nFederal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week\u2019s siege of the US\u00a0Capitol by President Donald Trump\u2019s supporters on Thursday, saying in a court filing that rioters intended \u201cto capture and assassinate elected officials.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prosecutors offered that view in a filing asking a judge to detain Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man and QAnon conspiracy theorist who was famously photographed wearing horns as he stood at the desk of Vice President Mike Pence in the chamber of the US\u00a0Senate.<\/p>\n
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The detention memo, written by Justice Department lawyers in Arizona, goes into greater detail about the FBI\u2019s investigation into Chansley, revealing that he left a note for Pence warning that \u201cit\u2019s only a matter of time, justice is coming.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStrong evidence, including Chansley\u2019s own words and actions at the Capitol, supports that the intent of the Capitol rioters was to capture and assassinate elected officials in the United States government,\u201d prosecutors wrote.<\/p>\n
A public defender representing Chansley could not be immediately reached for comment. Chansley is due to appear in federal court on Friday.<\/p>\n
The prosecutors\u2019 assessment comes as prosecutors and federal agents have begun bringing more serious charges tied to violence at the Capitol, including revealing cases Thursday against one man, retired firefighter Robert Sanford, on charges that he hurled a fire extinguisher at the head of one police officer and another, Peter Stager, of beating a different officer with a pole bearing an American flag.<\/p>\n
In Chansley\u2019s case, prosecutors said the charges \u201cinvolve active participation in an insurrection attempting to violently overthrow the United States government,\u201d and warned that \u201cthe insurrection is still in progress\u201d as law enforcement prepares for more demonstrations in Washington and state capitals.<\/p>\n
They also suggested he suffers from drug abuse and mental illness, and told the judge he poses a serious flight risk.<\/p>\n
\u201cChansley has spoken openly about his belief that he is an alien, a higher being, and he is here on Earth to ascend to another reality,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n
The Justice Department has brought more than 80 criminal cases in connection with the violent riots at the US\u00a0Capitol last week, in which Trump\u2019s supporters stormed the building, ransacked offices and in some cases, attacked police.<\/p>\n
Many of the people charged so far were easily tracked down by the FBI, which has more than 200 suspects, thanks in large part to videos and photos posted on social media.<\/p>\n
Michael Sherwin, the Acting US\u00a0Attorney for the District of Columbia, has said that while many of the initial charges may seem minor, he expects much more serious charges to be filed as the Justice Department continues its investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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