The newest case in opposition to Donald Trump may backfire in opposition to prosecutors, the person who famously wore a horned helmet throughout the January 6 2021 riot on the US Capitol has informed Sky News.

Jacob Chansley, also referred to as the QAnon Shaman, was sentenced to 41 months in jail in November 2021 after pleading responsible to obstructing Congress' proceedings and was launched from jail earlier this yr.

Yesterday, the former US president was charged with making an attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat and keep in energy as he was accused of "fuelling" his supporters' violent rebellion in Washington DC together with his "lies".

The 4 felony counts embody conspiracy to defraud the US authorities, conspiracy to impede an official continuing - the certification by Congress of Mr Biden's victory, and conspiring to deprive voters of their proper to a good election.

In testy exchanges with Sky's Mark Austin, Chansley mentioned of the indictment: "This might find yourself backfiring as a result of the data concerning the election will find yourself turning into public information via these courtroom filings.

"So this may end up snapping back on the people that are pressing these charges, because now it all is going to be out in the open and the very real evidence that there was fraudulent or rigged certain portions of the election."

Special Counsel Jack Smith, who's overseeing the Trump investigation, informed reporters: "The assault on our nation's Capitol on January 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.

"It's described in the indictment. It was fuelled by lies, lies by the defendant [Trump] targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the US government."

Chansley, who strode via the Capitol shirtless and carrying a spear-tipped flagpole, was one of the well-known faces of the rebellion.

He surged into the constructing inside moments of the primary breach and joined a 30-minute stand-off between rioters and police outdoors the Senate chamber.

Chansley strode onto the podium and mentioned a prayer.

According to prosecutors, he then scrawled a be aware to the-then vice-president Mike Pence, who was standing on the identical rostrum simply minutes earlier than. The be aware learn: "It's only a matter of time. Justice is coming!"

Content Source: information.sky.com