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Judge scolds high-profile Missouri lawyer for ‘QAnon Shaman’ TV interview
Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley, known as the QAnon Shaman, amid the U.S. Capitol riot in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. - Brent Stirton/New York Daily News/TNS

Judge scolds high-profile Missouri lawyer for ‘QAnon Shaman’ TV interview

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A judge said a St. Louis-based lawyer representing the man known as the ”QAnon Shaman,” who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, violated federal rules in facilitating a “60 Minutes Plus” interview for his client, Politico reported. At a Friday hearing, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth asked attorney Al Watkins, who represents QAnon follower Jacob Chansley, how the interview happened as the Marshals Service requires numerous clearances for interviews of federal pretrial prisoners, according to Politico. The judge scolded Chansley and Watkins, questioning whether the attorney was...

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