‘QAnon shaman’ protester gets jail sentence for role in Capitol disorder

Supporters of then President Donald Trump, including Jacob Chansley, right with fur hat, are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Capitol protester Jacob Chansley has been sentenced to prison for his role in the violent scenes in Washington DC earlier this year.

Chansley was a distinctive figure in footage of the storming of the Capitol Building as he was armed with a spear and wore a fur-trimmed horned helmet as he rallied in support of then-president Donald Trump on January 6