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The intent of participants in the January 6 assault on the Capitol to “capture and kill” US lawmakers is manifested in the petition of federal prosecutors in the case of QAnon shaman Jacob Anthony Chensley, The Washington Post reports.
Participants in the riots in the United States, which stormed the US Parliament building, the Capitol, on January 6, intended to “capture and kill the elected officials of the United States government.” This is stated in a petition by the Arizona district attorney to extend the arrest of QAnon shaman Jacob Anthony Chensley, writes The Washington Post.
“Powerful evidence, including Chensley’s own words and deeds on Capitol Hill, indicates that the intent of those who stormed the Capitol was to capture and kill elected officials of the United States government,” the document says.
Chensley left a note on the table of US Vice President Michael Pence, who chairs the Senate, “Justice will come, it’s only a matter of time.” He denied that his note was a threat, but the prosecution disagrees, the petition says. Prosecutors intend to demand Chensley’s arrest, noting in particular his statements about his intention to return to Washington for the inauguration.
On January 6, at a rally outside the White House, Trump told his supporters that he would never admit defeat in the election and urged them to go to the Congress building, where Joe Biden would be declared the winner of the election. The protesters headed to the United States Congress building. Trump promised to go after them, but he himself went to the White House and saw the assault on television, CNN claims. The riots killed five people, including a Capitol police officer, and declared a state of emergency in Washington.
Federal Bureau of Investigation put the participants in the assault on the wanted list, for information on those who installed explosive devices in the building of the United States Congress, promised a reward.
On January 7, the United States Congress confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election. He received 306 electoral votes, his predecessor as head of state Donald Trump – 232. The inauguration of the new president of the United States is scheduled for January 20.
On January 10, the FBI reported the arrest of five participants in the assault on the Capitol, including Chensley. He was accused of illegal entry to government premises, violation of order in the territory of the Capitol, he was arrested.
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