The hardcore Trump supporter from Arizona is an actor and voiceover artist who is the unofficial Shaman for conspiracy theory group Qanon
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Of all the rioters who stormed the US Capitol building on Thursday, one man stood out.
Posing for pictures in a furry headdress with horns affixed on the side, Jake Angeli stood shirtless, his body heavily tattooed, his face painted, screaming through a megaphone while thrusting a spear into the air from which an American flag was tied.
The hardcore Trump supporter from Arizona is an actor and voiceover artist who is the unofficial Shaman for conspiracy theory group Qanon.
The group falsely claims that the US government is controlled by a "deep state" cabal of anti-Trump Satanist paedophiles, but that hasn’t stopped high ranking officials posing for photos with the 32-year-old.
In November, after the election, Angeli met with Rudy Giuliani during a visit by the President’s personal lawyer to Arizona.
In November, after the election, Angeli met with Rudy Giuliani during a visit by the President’s personal lawyer to Arizona
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Angeli captioned the image: “Got to shake Rudy’s hand … what an honour it is to be present.
“Hold the line patriots! USA will prevail, we will stop the steal! Cuz as always God wins!”
As hundreds of rioters engaged in a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol building, Angeli was right at the centre.
He flexed his left arm as he stood behind the dais in the Senate chamber where just moments earlier Vice President Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi had been speaking.
The Arizona native has appeared at a number of pro-Trump rallies in the last two years and has gained a cult following on social media.
Previously he has held aloft a sign that says “Q Sent Me” and there are videos on Youtube of him rambling through the baseless Qanon theories.
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Jake Angeli in the speaker's chair inside Congress
According to reports, his tattoos include depictions of the president’s Mexico border wall, and a set of three nested triangles, an ancient Viking symbol known as a valknut which has been appropriated by far right or neo-Nazi groups.
Despite the brazen entry into the Capitol building it is not thought that Angeli was arrested.
Adrian Morrow, a reporter at a Canadian newspaper tweeted: “I spoke with Jake Angeli, the QAnon guy who got inside the Senate chamber.
He said police eventually gave up trying to stop him and other Trump supporters, and let them in. After a while, he said police politely asked him to leave and let him go without arrest.”
Angeli was among a number of rioters who broke into Capitol Hill
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Washington police chief Robert Contee said 52 people had been arrested Wednesday, 26 of them on the grounds of the Capitol, for curfew violations, unlawful entry and weapons charges.
Fourteen police were injured, one seriously after he was pulled into a crowd and assaulted, he added.
He also said two pipe bombs had been discovered near the Capitol, one at democratic Party offices and the other at Republican Party offices.
In addition, a vehicle was discovered parked on Capitol grounds with a long gun and Molotov cocktails inside.
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