This country used to have basic principles called freedom, justice, and fairness.
The Justice Department doesn't want the Jan. 6 defendant known as 'QAnon Shaman' to get back a helmet he wore and spear that he held when he stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2021 — at least for now.
Jacob Chansley, who has completed his prison sentence in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, had filed a motion seeking the return of his property back in May. He's also seeking to modify the terms and conditions of his supervised release due to recent litigation in other Jan. 6 cases that may impact his sentence.
So basically the Shaman did his time in the lockup and now the government's like:
The man has served his debt to society, and surely he's entitled to his property!
But the feds apparently want to keep the helmet in the evidence room in case he elects to countersue or something:
[T]he government said it wants to hold onto that property as evidence in case Chansley challenges his sentence further.
The government wrote it wasn't sure whether Chansley planned to 'file any collateral attack on his conviction' after the Supreme Court recently sided in part with another Jan. 6 defendant who challenged an 'obstruction of an official proceeding charge' that has been brought against hundreds of charged Capitol rioters, including Chansley.
Dude wants his helmet back and the government's like, Nah, you might take us to court at some point, we'd better keep it.
Maybe once Trump wins in November he can right this injustice and reunite this man with his horns.
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