- The US government will return Jacob Chansley's seized belongings, including his horned headdress.
- Chansley, known as the "QAnon Shaman," stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The infamous Capitol riot defendant known as the "QAnon Shaman" is finally getting back the notorious horned Viking headdress and long spear he sported on the day of the January 6 insurrection.
The US government will have to return to Jacob Chansley the belongings it seized from him after he and a mob of former President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to new court documents.
"Defendant Jacob Anthony Chansley stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. In that respect, he was like thousands of others that day. But he stood out to the entire world because of his 'unmistakable outfit' of 'a horned coyote-tail headdress; red, white, and blue face paint; gloves; and no shirt,'" a federal judge wrote in a Monday order that granted Chansley's motion in which he asked for his belongings back.
"In addition, he had armed himself with a serious weapon: 'a six-foot pole with an American flag ziptied to the shaft and a metal spearhead fixed to the top,'" wrote US District Court Judge Royce Lamberth.
Lamberth noted in the order that Chansley completed his prison sentence and much of his term of supervised release.
"Now, he has moved for the return of his property seized and still held by the government, including his spear and helmet. Since the government has not established that it still needs these items as evidence and has not sought their forfeiture, the Court will grant Mr. Chansley's motion," Lamberth wrote.
Attorneys for Chansley did not immediately respond to a request for comment by Business Insider.
Chansley was sentenced to 41 months in prison in November 2021 after pleading guilty to one count of obstruction of an official proceeding for his involvement in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
He was handed down one of the harshest sentences in connection with the insurrection.
Chansley, who apologized for his role in the Capitol riot, was released from prison early after serving about 27 months behind bars.
In an interview last year, Chansley said that he regretted his guilty plea and wanted to take his case back to court to try to reverse it.